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Felix Albrecht Harta*
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647
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Felix Albrecht Harta*
See original version (German)
Estimate €150 - €300
Voluntary lot
Description
Felix Albrecht Harta*
(Budapest 1884 – 1967 Salzburg)
Standing nude, 1929
charcoal on paper, 48.8 x 32.8 cm
monogrammed H., dated 25 February 1929
ESTIMATE €150 – €300
STARTING PRICE €150
The Austrian painter Felix Albert Harta studied architecture at the Vienna University of Technology. In 1905, he moved to Munich and switched to painting. His teacher at the academy was Hugo von Habermann. He undertook study trips to France, Belgium, Spain and Italy and exhibited at the Salon d’Automne in 1908. Harta subsequently lived in Vienna and served as a volunteer during the First World War. Gustav Klimt advised him to apply for a position as a war painter at the k.u.k. Kriegspressequartier (Imperial and Royal War Press Office). In April 1917, he became a member of the art group there; he was deployed to the Russian and Italian fronts. After the war ended, he remained in Salzburg until 1923, where he founded the artists’ association ‘Der Wassermann’ with Anton Faistauer in 1919 and became its president. Harta was involved in founding the Salzburg Festival. In 1921, he was awarded the Große Silberne Staatsmedaille (Great Silver State Medal). In 1926–27, he travelled to Paris and received an honorary diploma at the international exhibition in Bordeaux. Further honours: the 1929 Österreichischer Staatspreis (Austrian State Prize) and the 1934 Ehrenpreis der Stadt Wien (Honorary Prize of the City of Vienna). From 1928 to 1935, Harta was a member of the Hagenbund. From 1939 to 1950, Harta was in exile in England, where he taught at a college. He subsequently moved to Salzburg. Gusti Wolf spent some of his childhood with Felix Albrecht Harta and his family. Harta’s daughter, Eva Wick, lived in the USA, working as a graphic designer. In his early years, Harta was acquainted with Oskar Kokoschka, Egon Schiele and Albert Paris Gütersloh and was closely associated with Expressionism. He was friends with Gustav Klimt. Harta’s later works lean towards Post-Impressionism. His subjects were mainly landscapes, still lifes, portraits and genre scenes. Other artists and styles: Anton Faistauer, Hans von Hayek, Hugo von Habermann, Egon Schiele, Gustav Klimt, Albert Paris Gütersloh, Jules Pascin, Hans Eder, Julius Schülein, Broncia Koller-Pinell, The Water Man Salzburg, Hagenbund, Vienna Secession, Dachau Artists’ School, Munich Academy, Expressionism, Portrait Painting, War Press Headquarters, Salon d’Automne, Salzburg Academy of Modern Art, Christian Griepenkerl, Rudolf Bacher, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Exile Art, Viennese Modernism, Wiener Werkstätte, Art Nouveau, Nabis
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% (20% 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% in the case of differential taxation. The sales tax is included in the differential taxation.
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