Short description: A etching of Magnolias by Hedwig Klinge, wife of Fritz Neumann.

Notes: Thanks to Mark Strong of Meibohm Fine Arts for providing the image. Note, that the JCB blind embossing is clearly visible.

Images by Mark Strong of Meibohm Fine Arts .

Short description: A etching of a small girl and a dog by Hedwig Klinge, wife of Fritz Neumann.

Notes: This is a Aprils fools day post, since the image itself is attributed to Max Klinger , see last photo. It was also offered on the web a a work by Max Klinger.

Short description: Etching of a Tiger by Fritz Neumann.

Notes: Thanks to Mark Strong of Meibohm Fine Arts for providing the images.

Images by Mark Strong of Meibohm Fine Arts .

Short description: Three colorized etchings of Birds. Two of them already known: 1 , 3 .

Notes: Found on Kleinanzeigen.

Short description: A horse

Notes: Found on eBay.

Short description: A colourised print of a bird by Fritz Neumann. The bird is either a Baltimore oriole or another New World oriole species. Since there are no records that Neumann has ever been in America (yet), he might have seen it at an Aviary.

Notes: Found on eBay

Short description: Coloured etching of a flamingo by Fritz Neumann

Notes: Found on in an antiquarian bookshop in Hannover. The embossed mark of J.C. Blumenberg is clearly recognisable. Matching the title of the newspaper article on Fritz Neumann .

Fritz Neumann’s wife, Hedwig, also known as Hede Klinge (her birth name), can be found, unlike Fritz , in the membership register of the Reichskunstkammer Berlin :

• Membership 1933 - 1945
• Shelfmark A Rep. 243-04 No. 6263 in the Berlin State Archives

As it is known from the newspaper article that Fritz Neumann’s wife also worked as an artist, here are some references from the catalogue of copyright entries. More about this catalogue can be found in the corresponding article on Fritz Neumann .

Summary

The marriage certificate shows another address for Fritz Neumann: Lettestraße 1.

A search of the address reveals that it is most likely his father’s, Ludwig Karl Franz Neumann address, as there is an F. Neumann, book printer, sometimes also typesetter, can be traced there from 1904:

Address books

Address book 1904

(Der Kopf der Spalte befindet sich vor dem Umbruch)

Address book 1915

Address book 1917

Address book 1920

Address book 1925

Address book 1926

Address book 1927

Address book 1929

Address book 1930

Address book 1931

Address book 1932

Address book 1933

This shows that Fritz Neumann’s father lived at Lettestraße 1 between 1904 and 1933 and worked as a typesetter between 1927 and 1931, otherwise as a printer. As Fritz Neumann had this address when he married, it can be assumed that he lived at home until 1925.

Sources

The digital copies of the sources are linked to the respective excerpts. As the URN:NBN resolver of the DNB is used, these can also be cited.

Name lists of the civil status registers

In addition, already known data can also be found in name directories of Berlin registry offices:

• Landesarchiv Berlin, P Rep. 221 registry office Berlin Xb Nr. 605 Name index birth register 1897, S. 167 -
• Landesarchiv Berlin, P Rep.806 registry office Berlin IX Nr. 658 Name index marriage register 1925, S. 33

Thanks to Evelyn Kraßmann for the tip.