Art Nouveau, Hagenbund, Modern
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May 22, 2023
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LOT 210:

HERBERT GURSCHNER* (Innsbruck 1901 - 1975 London) Oberleutasch oil/canvas, 49,5 x 69,8 cm signed H. Gurschner ...

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Start price:
4,000
Estimated price :
€4,000 - €8,000
Buyer's Premium: 24% More details
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Auction took place on May 22, 2023 at Widder Auktionen
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HERBERT GURSCHNER* (Innsbruck 1901 - 1975 London)
Oberleutasch
oil/canvas, 49,5 x 69,8 cm
signed H. Gurschner, depicted in Herbert Gurschner, Innsbruck 2000, p. 88

ESTIMATE °€ 4000 - 8000
STARTING PRICE °€ 4000

Austrian painter, graphic artist and stage designer of the 20th century especially the interwar period. Representatives of Tyrolean modernism such as Artur Nikodem, Ernst Nepo, Wilhelm N. Prachensky, Hans Tyrol-Weber, etc. Stylistic development between Expressionism and New Objectivity. Nephew of the sculptors Emil and Gustav Gurschner. Attended the School of Arts and Crafts in Innsbruck and studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich from 1918 to 1920. In 1920 he lived in Muehlau in Innsbruck, exhibited with the Muehlau Circle around Alfons Schnegg, Rudolf Lehnert and Ernst Nepo. Early 1920s landscapes and cityscapes from travels through Tyrol, Salzburg and Italy. 1924 Married the English noblewoman Dolores Cherwadsky-Damarkow, established contacts with London artist and collector circles. 1929 first exhibition at the London Fine Art Society. Contacts with aristocratic, diplomatic and business circles, exhibitions in London and New York. Married his second wife Brenda Davidoff. Besides landscapes and portraits, also created nudes.

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