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painting of a vase of flowers on a table in a dark roompainting of a vase of flowers on a table in a white framean image of a wooden frame with a picture in it
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Estimate €800 - €1,600
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Ernst Huber* (Vienna 1895 – 1960 Vienna) Flower still life oil on hardboard, 44.5 x 34 cm signed E. Huber ESTIMATE € 800 – € 1,600 STARTING PRICE € 800 Ernst Huber, an Austrian graphic artist and landscape painter, trained as a typesetter. The self-taught artist enjoyed his first successes in 1919, when Josef Hoffmann saw his work at an exhibition in the Palmenhaus. Hoffmann introduced Huber to the group of artists at the art exhibition through the sculptor Gustinus Ambrosi. There he came into contact with the already established artists Herbert Boeckl, Anton Faistauer, Oskar Kokoschka, Anton Kolig and Franz Wiegele. In 1920, Huber became a member of the Sonderbund and, in 1932, of the Vienna Secession. Huber was a member of the Zinkenbacker painters’ colony and maintained close friendships with Ferdinand Kitt, Franz Zülow, Josef Dobrowsky, Georg Ehrlich and Georg Merkel. From the early 1920s, Ernst Huber’s circle of friends included Georg Merkel, Ferdinand Kitt, Ludwig Heinrich Jungnickel and Sergius Pauser. Landscapes dominate his body of work, particularly those of Lower Austria, Upper Austria and the Salzkammergut in his early period. Huber painted primarily in oil and watercolour, but he also created reverse-glass and tile paintings, as well as numerous book illustrations. From 1932, he regularly attended the Venice Biennale. In 1935, he received the Austrian State Prize for Watercolour and, in 1937, the Honorary Prize of the City of Vienna. He was awarded the title of professor in 1949, followed in 1952 by the honorary prize for painting from the Salzburg Art Association. His exposure to the paintings of Pieter Bruegel the Elder led Huber to develop a particular preference for scenes featuring multiple figures. Other artists and styles: Hagenbund, Die Sieben, Vienna Academy, Expressionism, stage design, portrait painting, Impressionist landscape, Vienna Modernism, post-war graphic art, Viennese sacred art, Karl Sterrer, Wilhelm Dachauer, Vienna Secession 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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About the sale Modern Art
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Auction time 09/30/2026 at 10:00 AM
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