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Estimate €1,400 - €2,000
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Anton Kolig (Neutitschein 1886 – 1950 Nötsch) Nude charcoal on paper, 59 x 46 cm ESTIMATE: €1,400 – €2,000 STARTING PRICE: €1,400 Austrian painter associated with Expressionism, Colour Expressionism and Late Expressionism of the 20th century. Originally from Neutitschein in Moravia, he moved to Vienna in 1904. He studied under Oskar Kokoschka at the School of Applied Arts, before transferring to the Academy of Fine Arts to study under Heinrich Lefler, Rudolf Bacher and Alois Delug. There he met Sebastian Isepp and Franz Wiegele, and met Isepp again at the salons of Eugenie Schwarzwald and Berta Zuckerkandl. He founded the Neukunstgruppe in 1909 with Egon Schiele, Albert Paris Gürtersloh, Anton Faistauer and Franz Wiegele. Married Franz Wiegele’s sister in 1912. Exhibited his works for the first time alongside Oskar Kokoschka, Anton Faistauer, Sebastian Isepp and Franz Wiegele at the Hagenbund exhibition in 1911. On the recommendation of Gustav Klimt and Carl Moll, he was awarded a scholarship to study in Paris. Served as a war artist during the First World War. In the 1920s, he created tapestries and mosaics for the festival hall in Salzburg and frescoes for the country house in Klagenfurt. Together with Sebastian Isepp, Anton Mahringer and Franz Wiegele, he was part of the Nötscher Kreis artists’ group, based in Nötsch in the Gailtal valley in Carinthia. From 1928, he was a professor at the Academy in Stuttgart and a member of the Prague Secession. Other artists and styles: Franz Wiegele, Sebastian Isepp, Herbert Boeckl, Egon Schiele, Rudolf Bacher, Nötsch Circle, Stuttgart Academy, Colour Expressionism, Male Nudes, War Painting, Austrian State Prize, Gustav Klimt, Heinrich Lefler, Neukunstgruppe, Vienna School of Applied Arts, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Wolfgang von Schaukal, Gerhart Frankl, Theodor Herzmansky, Georg Pevetz, Franz Wiegele, Sebastian Isepp, Herbert Boeckl, Egon Schiele, Rudolf Bacher, Nötsch Circle, Stuttgart Academy, Colour Expressionism, Male Nudes, War Painting, Austrian State Prize, Gustav Klimt, Heinrich Lefler, Neukunstgruppe, Vienna School of Applied Arts, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Wolfgang von Schaukal, Gerhart Frankl, Theodor Herzmansky, Georg Pevetz, Rudolf Hradil 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 statutory 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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