Felix Klipstein
German, 1880-1941
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Felix Klipstein was a German painter, draftsman, and graphic artist.
Raised in Belgium and Laubach as the son of a wealthy Hessian merchant, Klipstein spent his student years mainly in France and Spain, where he was particularly influenced by Velázquez. Other role models included Albrecht Dürer and Wilhelm Leibl. There is also evidence that Klipstein was strongly influenced by the work and theoretical writings of Swiss painter Ferdinand Hodler.
In Madrid, Klipstein met his future wife, the writer Editha Klipstein, née Blaß. They married in Halle in 1909 and, after a nine-month stay in Segovia, Spain, moved to Laubach in Hesse.
Klipstein was wounded in the first weeks of World War I and suffered a slight disability as a result. Despite several major exhibitions, including in Berlin, Klipstein is hardly known outside the borders of Hesse today.
His younger brother August Klipstein worked in Switzerland as an art historian and art dealer.