HANNS LETZ* ( Vienna 1908 - 1983 Vienna )

HANNS LETZ* ( Vienna 1908 - 1983 Vienna )
Still life
oil/canvas 36 x 45 cm
verso estate stamp

SCHÄTZPREIS / ESTIMATE °€ 650 - 900
STARTPREIS / STARTING PRICE °€ 650

Austrian painter and graphic artist of the 20th century. Studied at the Staatsgewerbeschule für Hochbau in Vienna, drawing lessons with Max Hegele. In the 1930s private lessons with Josef Dobrowsky. Belonged to the circle of friends around Karl Gunsam, Fernand Stransky, Ernst Paar, Herbert Potuzmik and Heinz Steiner. From 1937 member of the Hagenbund. From 1945 to 1950 in Salzburg, member of the Salzburg Art Association. Organized exhibitions at Café Weimar in Vienna, but withdrew from the art world in 1953. Initially influenced by Josef Dobrowsky, from 1945 portraits, landscapes and still lifes characterized by the intense colorfulness of Expressionism and elements of Cubism. Further artists and styles: Friedrich Aduatz, Eduard Ameseder, Robin Christian Andersen, Franz Barwig der Ältere, Leopold Blauensteiner, Hans Bren, Georg Ehrlich, Carl Fahringer, Josef Floch, Beni Ferenczy, Tibor Gergely, Gustav Gurschner, Felix Albrecht Harta, Karl Hauk, Carry Hauser, Wilhelm Hejda, Ludwig Heinrich Jungnickel, Rudolf Junk, Maximilian Kahrer, Eduard Kasparides, Wilhelm Kaufmann, Oskar Laske, Heinrich Lefler, Georg Mayer-Marton, Karl Mediz, Georg Merkel, Carl O’Lynch of Town, Ernst Paar, Anton Peschkam Robert Philippi, Michael Powolny, Heribert Potuznik, Lois Pregartbauer, Maximilian reinitz, Heinrich Revy, Albert Reuss, Otto Rudolf Schatz, Fritz Schwarz-Waldegg, Maximilian Suppantschitsch, Eduard Thöny, Viktor Tischler, Georg Philipp Wörlen, Bettina Ehrlich, Anna Lesznai, Louise Merkel-Romée, Frieda Salvendy, Lilly Steiner

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