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Description
Emil Rizek*
(Vienna 1901 – 1988 Vienna)
Cockfight in Bali
mixed media on cardboard, 31 x 42.5 cm
inscribed on the reverse: 19. Karl Fahringer Cockfight Arena Spectators
ESTIMATE €600 – €800
STARTING PRICE €600
Emil Rizek was an Austrian artist. Instead of joining his father’s business as an electrical engineer, as his family had wished, he took painting lessons from Anton Hlavacek. At the suggestion of Carl Fahringer, whom he met in 1923, Rizek undertook his first study trips. Among other places, he travelled to Indonesia, Japan, South Africa and Hawaii. In America, he met his first wife, Dorothy Risdale Grove. He returned to his native Austria on several occasions, but initially, Emil Rizek found artistic recognition and the opportunity to present his paintings to a wider audience mainly abroad. After the Second World War, he was appointed to a permanent post, which finally provided him with the financial security he had long sought; his works were shown in numerous exhibitions. In 1960, a retrospective of Rizek’s work was held at the Vienna Künstlerhaus. He was subsequently awarded the title of professor. In 1965, Rizek received the Grand Gold Medal of Honour from the Regional Association of Lower Austrian Art Societies. His favourite place to live during the final years of his life was East Frisia. On his travels through Europe, Rizek was particularly drawn to the Netherlands. Rizek described himself as a member of the ‘School of The Hague’. This Dutch counterpart to French Impressionism, characterised by an emotional and intuitive style of painting, suited Emil Rizek’s artistic approach. In The Hague, the vibrant tradition of the Old Masters was combined with the French Impressionists’ sense of colour, form and movement. In his choice of subjects drawn from working-class and peasant life, the artist also follows in the tradition of Dutch genre painting and the French painters of the late 19th century: scenes from suburban life, the hustle and bustle of the streets, markets and squares, whether in a modern European city or even in the Far East. Other artists and styles: Tempera, Gouache, Oil painting, Landscape
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