Stanislaus Stückgold (Warsaw 1868-1933 Paris)
Portrait of the anthroposophist and art historian Dr. Trifon Georgiewitsch Trapesnikow (1882-1926)
1912
oil on firm cardboard
40,7 x 38,7 cm
monogrammed "St.St." in red with brush lower right; signed "Stückgold" on verso
The Daulton Collection
Provenance:
Ex coll. Dr. Clemens Weiler, Wiesbaden
Auktionshaus Nagel, Stuttgart, Auktion 05.12.2012, Lot 594
private collection, Berlin
Exhibition History:
Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden (verso with exhibition label)
Publication History:
Clemens Weiler, Stanislaus Stückgold, Wiesbaden 1962, ill. p. 43
Discussion:
"Stanislaus Stückgold was considered a respected painter in Parisian and Munich artist circles before the First World War. He met the art historian and anthroposophist Dr. Trifon Georgiewitsch Trapesnikov in Munich, where Stückgold moved in 1913 after years in Paris. Dr. Trapesnikov, born in Moscow in 1882, studied art history in Leipzig, Strasbourg, and Heidelberg and became a member of the Theosophical Society after meeting Rudolf Steiner. He became known above all through a petition to Lenin, which prevented numerous art monuments in Russia from being looted and destroyed after the October Revolution. In 1933, the year he died, his widow managed to save all of his works and store them in Switzerland; and, at the end of 1933, a comprehensive memorial exhibition was held at the Bernheim-Jeune gallery in Paris." B
"Stanislaus Stückgold galt als geachteter Maler in den Pariser und Münchner Künstlerkreisen vor dem Ersten Weltkrieg, und noch in seinem Todesjahr 1933 gelang es seiner Witwe, sämtliche Werke einzulagern oder in die Schweiz zu retten, so dass Ende 1933 bereits eine umfassende Gedächtnisausstellung bei Bernheim-Jeune in Paris stattfinden konnte. Den Kunsthistoriker und Anthroposophen Dr. Trifon Georgiewitsch Trapesnikow lernte er in München kennen, wohin Stückgold nach den Pariser Jahren 1913 übersiedelte. Trapesnikow, 1882 in Moskau geboren, studierte in Leipzig, Straßburg und Heidelberg Kunstgeschichte und wurde nach seiner Begegnung mit Rudolf Steiner Mitglied der Theosophischen Gesellschaft. Bekannt wurde er aber vor allem durch eine Petition an Lenin und seine Vermittlung, die verhinderte, dass zahlreiche Kunstdenkmäler Russlands nach der Oktoberrevolution geplündert und zerstört wurden." B
Trifon
Georgievich Trapesnikov was born in Moscow in 1882, studied art history in
Leipzig, Strasbourg and Heidelberg, and wrote his doctoral thesis on portraits of
the Medici in the 15th century. In 1908,
he met Rudolf Steiner and became a member of the Theosophical Society; he
translated into Russian Steiner’s 1910 treatise Die Geheimwissenschaft im
Umriss [An Outline of Esoteric or Occult Science]. In his lecture series on art history in
1916/17, Steiner used slides from Trapesnikov’s slide library. Trapesnikov was one of the leading advocates
for the preservation of architectural monuments in Russia. Together with the art historian Igor Grabar,
he submitted a petition to Lenin that prevented the monuments of Russia from
being looted and destroyed during the October Revolution. In 1924, Trapesnikov traveled to Stuttgart
for treatment of a serious illness. He died in July 1926 in Ammersee in the
house of anthroposophist Margareta Morgenstern, the widow and executor of poet
Christian Morgenstern. Andrea Leubin, “Ein
Geschenk für Marie Steiner,” in dei Drei, Zeitschrift für Anthroposophie
(Frankfurt am Main: mercurial-Publikationsgesellschaft), 86. Jahrgang (2016), Fundstück
XXIV, pgs. 82-83.
Trifon Georgievich Trapeznikov, 1882 in
Born in Moscow, studied art history in Leipzig, Strasbourg and Heidelberg and wrote his doctoral thesis on »Portrait Depictions
the Mediceans in the 15th century«. In 1908 he met Rudolf Steiner and became a member of
of the Theosophical Society. He translated the Occult Science into Russian and
campaigned in Moscow and Munich for the
Structure of the humanities work
a. Thanks to his slide collection, Rudolf
Steiner held the lecture series on art history in 1916/17 (included in GA 292). After
together with the art historian Igor Grabar, he prevented the October Revolution from happening
a petition to Lenin that the artistic monuments of Russia were looted and destroyed.
He was one of the leading personalities
Organization for the preservation of architectural monuments.
In 1924, the seriously ill Trapesnikov traveled
to Stuttgart for treatment. He
died in July 1926 in Ammersee in the house of
Margareta Morgenstern.
