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a watercolor painting of a house in the mountainsa picture of a watercolor painting of a landscape
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Karl Markus* (Olmütz-Rolsberg 1899 – 1974 Vienna) Landscape with grain silo watercolour on paper, 32.5 x 48 cm signed K. Markus ESTIMATE €100 – €200 STARTING PRICE €100 The painter and graphic artist Karl Markus primarily created landscapes featuring bold colours, initially inspired by Josef Dobrowsky, and after 1945 in a more objective style of painting. Markus, who had lived in Vienna since 1910, worked full-time as a bank clerk. From the early 1930s, he was a private pupil of Karl Gunsam, but was otherwise self-taught. He belonged to the circle of friends around Gunsam, H. Steiner, Herbert Potuznik, Ernst Paar and H. Letz. In 1937–1938, Markus was a member of the Hagenbund, and from 1945 of the Vienna Secession; He served as treasurer of the Secession until 1973. He was also a member of the Marchfeld Artists’ Association. Study trips took him to Italy, the Balkans, Greece, Turkey and England. In 1964, Markus took part in a group exhibition at the Vienna Secession. He also exhibited in Nuremberg, Oslo, Bucharest, Rome, London, New York and Johannesburg, amongst other places. His works are held in the Albertina and the Museum of the City of Vienna/Vienna Museum. Honours and prizes: 1965 Josef Hoffmann Honour from the Vienna Secession; 1969 Awarded the title of professor. Related artists and styles: Rudolf Bacher, Vienna Secession, Künstlerhaus Vienna, Expressionism, Viennese Modernism, portrait painting PLEASE NOTE: The purchase price comprises the highest bid plus the buyer’s premium, VAT and, where applicable, the artists’ resale rights fee and platform fee. In the case of standard taxation (marked °), a premium of 24% is added to the highest bid. The mandatory sales tax of 13 per cent (20 per cent for photographs) is added to the sum of the highest bid, the buyer’s premium and the platform fee. The buyer’s premium amounts to 28 per cent in the case of differential taxation. The sales tax is included in the differential taxation.
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Auction time 09/30/2026 at 10:00 AM
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