136 - Art Nouveau

Art Nouveau 2 albums belonging to the Neuendorff family, Berlin. Containing 30 and 51 large-format hand drawings and photographs, respectively. ca. 1892–1934. Folio and landscape folio leather-bound albums with elaborate leather-cut designs on the covers and unbound album pages on heavy cardstock. The sheets are either loose or bound in screw-clip folders with green and burgundy linen spines. These are cardboard pages with silver gelatin and albumen prints, as well as postcards, glued onto them. The photographs are embedded in full-page, hand-painted compositions in gouache and watercolor. Some are accented with ink, white overpaint, and gold bronze, and some are inscribed. These magnificent albums document the life of the Neuendorff family in their home on Bayernallee in Berlin, their education (Eichkamp School, Berlin), their travels (Venice, Müritz, St. Moritz, Oberuff, Berchtesgaden, Knole Lodge, Bad Pyrmont, Neupfalz near Stromberg), and her work (as a nurse at Heiliggeist Hospital, 1917). - The large-format individual pages are also part of a personal scrapbook of the Neuendorff family, featuring the parents Karl and Wilhelmine with Annemarie, Ursula, and Barbara. The family can be found in Berlin address books under the father’s name, the attorney Karl Neuendorff: 1921 Westendallee 97b, 1924–1930 Bayernallee 5 (Charlottenburg-Westend), and from 1931 until at least 1943 as homeowners at Falterweg 29 in the Eichkamp housing development. Professionally, he served as deputy general counsel and, later, as general counsel of the Association of German Occupational Accident Insurance Institutions (Berlin W 9, Köthener Str. 37; from 1941, the Reich Association of Industrial Occupational Accident Insurance Institutions, Nikolsburger Platz 4) and as managing director of Unfallverhütungsbild GmbH. They depict the everyday life of Berlin’s upper middle class during the Wilhelmine Empire and the Weimar Republic. Each page is designed as a self-contained work of art. Each page is designed as a self-contained work of art. The background of each painting is tailored to the travel destination. Examples include marbled architectural motifs for Venice, rhododendrons for Bournemouth, oak leaf tendrils for Bad Pyrmont, and blue snowy landscapes for St. Moritz. — An impressive documentation spanning nearly 50 years of an upper-class family in Berlin. Art Nouveau (Jugendstil) — 2 albums of the Neuendorff family, Berlin. Containing 30 and 51 large-format hand drawings and photographs, respectively. Ca. 1892–1934. Folio and oblong folio. Leather album with an elaborate tooled-leather (Lederschnitt) image on the cover, plus unbound album leaves on heavy cardstock. The leaves are loose or gathered in screw-post binders with green and burgundy cloth spines. The leaves consist of cardstock pages with mounted silver gelatin and albumen prints, as well as picture postcards. The photographs are embedded in full-page, hand-painted compositions in gouache and watercolor. Some are accented with ink, white body color, and gold bronze, and some bear inscriptions. These magnificent albums document the life of the Neuendorff family in their home on Bayernallee in Berlin, their education (Eichkamp School, Berlin), their travels (Venice, Müritz, St. Moritz, Oberuff, Berchtesgaden, Knole Lodge, Bad Pyrmont, Neupfalz near Stromberg), and work (nurse at the Heiliggeist Hospital, 1917). The large-format single sheets also belong to a personal memory album of the Neuendorff family, featuring the parents Karl and Wilhelmine, along with Annemarie, Ursula, and Barbara. The family can be traced in Berlin address books through the father, the lawyer Karl Neuendorff: 1921 Westendallee 97b, 1924–1930 Bayernallee 5 (Charlottenburg-Westend), and from 1931 until at least 1943 as the owner of the house at Falterweg 29 in the Eichkamp housing estate. Professionally, he served as deputy syndic and association syndic of the Verband der Deutschen Berufsgenossenschaften (Berlin W 9, Köthener Str. 37; from 1941, the Reichsverband der gewerblichen Berufsgenossenschaften, Nikolsburger Platz 4) and as managing director of Unfallverhütungsbild GmbH. They depict the everyday life of Berlin’s upper middle class during the Wilhelmine Empire and the Weimar Republic. Each page is designed as a standalone work of art. The painted background is tailored to each travel destination. Examples include marbled architecture for Venice, rhododendrons for Bournemouth, oak-leaf tendrils for Bad Pyrmont, and blue snowscapes for St. Moritz. An impressive record, spanning nearly 50 years, of an upper-middle-class family in Berlin.