Wolfgang Herzig *
(born Judenburg in 1941) "Gründonnerstag" (Maundy Thursday), monogrammed, dated HW 71 and artist’s mark, oil on canvas, 79 x 133 cm, framed, (K)
Illustrated and catalogued in: Herzig/mit Gedichten von Wolfgang Bauer, published by Adolf Holzhausen, Vienna 1995, full page colour ill. page 70, catalogue raisonné page 188 (1971)
A major exhibition of Wolfgang Herzig’s works was held at Vienna’s Secession in 1970, which press critic Kristian Sotriffer aptled titled "disturbed idyll". Otto Breicha notes of the narrative and yet formal image definition that, “there are reasons behind his ideas, and he is doggedly determined to express them in his paintings. (…) His scenes of daily life are as sharp and precisely composed as possible. Herzig, a Viennese painter from the green province of Styria, doesn’t think much of the baroque bragging which many confuse with the Austrian character.” Herzig wrote of his method of working in 1970, “How do I paint? (…) My works are built up in layers, as with the Old Masters. For I place great importance in durability and constancy…..
Irene Nierhaus – from the above literature.
Expert: Mag. Elke Königseder
Mag. Elke Königseder
+43-1-515 60-358
elke.koenigseder@dorotheum.at
25.10.2012 - 17:00
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Wolfgang Herzig *
(born Judenburg in 1941) "Gründonnerstag" (Maundy Thursday), monogrammed, dated HW 71 and artist’s mark, oil on canvas, 79 x 133 cm, framed, (K)
Illustrated and catalogued in: Herzig/mit Gedichten von Wolfgang Bauer, published by Adolf Holzhausen, Vienna 1995, full page colour ill. page 70, catalogue raisonné page 188 (1971)
A major exhibition of Wolfgang Herzig’s works was held at Vienna’s Secession in 1970, which press critic Kristian Sotriffer aptled titled "disturbed idyll". Otto Breicha notes of the narrative and yet formal image definition that, “there are reasons behind his ideas, and he is doggedly determined to express them in his paintings. (…) His scenes of daily life are as sharp and precisely composed as possible. Herzig, a Viennese painter from the green province of Styria, doesn’t think much of the baroque bragging which many confuse with the Austrian character.” Herzig wrote of his method of working in 1970, “How do I paint? (…) My works are built up in layers, as with the Old Masters. For I place great importance in durability and constancy…..
Irene Nierhaus – from the above literature.
Expert: Mag. Elke Königseder
Mag. Elke Königseder
+43-1-515 60-358
elke.koenigseder@dorotheum.at
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| Aukce: | Moderní tisky, Sou?asné um?ní |
| Typ aukce: | Salónní aukce |
| Datum: | 25.10.2012 - 17:00 |
| Místo konání aukce: | Wien | Palais Dorotheum |
| Prohlídka: | 20.10. - 25.10.2012 |