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Kies een stemming en de kamer zelf antwoordt — het licht koelt of warmt op, de sfeer verandert van tempo, en alleen de werken die dat gevoel belichamen, treden naar voren uit de duisternis. De rest verdwijnt in de schaduw.
Jakob Gauermann
A Life Shaped by Stone and Sketch Before he ever held a brush to canvas, Jakob Gauermann knew the weight of stone. Born in 1773 in Oeffingen, near Stuttgart, his early years were defined by the physical labor of a stonemason at Hohenheim. This connection to raw, tactile materials stayed with him throughout his life. His natural talent for drawing eventually caught the eye of Charles Eugene, Duke of Württemberg, who provided the opportun
ity for Gauermann to study at the Karlsschule Stuttgart. This formal education opened doors that manual labor could not. After his studies, he spent six years traveling through Switzerland, a period that likely deepened his connection to the natural world. In 1798, he moved to Vienna, a city that would become a central part of his life and work. His travels took him through Tyrol and Styria, where he spent much of his time making sketc…