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31 - Jakob Anton Bucher*
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Estimate 300 € - 500 €
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Jakob Anton Bucher* (Hopfgarten im Brixental 1927 – 2012 Vienna) Gathering, 1997 mixed media on cardboard, 77.4 x 53.3 cm signed Bucher, dated 97 ESTIMATE °€ 300 – € 500 STARTING PRICE °€ 300 Austrian painter of the 20th century. Born in Hopfgarten im Brixental in 1927, he completed an apprenticeship as a church and decorative painter with Toni Kirchmayr in Innsbruck before moving to Vienna with Ludwig Neuhauser in 1947 and studying at the Academy of Fine Arts under Sergius Pauser and Herbert Boeckl. He graduated in 1952 with a diploma and a master class prize. Working as a freelance artist in Vienna from 1952 onwards, he initially supported himself by copying the old masters, became a member of the Künstlerhaus (serving as vice-president from the 1970s) and travelled throughout Europe, Asia, Africa and the USA. Bucher addressed the theme of humanity under threat in dramatic, collage-like compositions and atmospheric landscapes, focusing on mood rather than naturalism; exhibitions in Vienna (MAK 1971, Secession 1981), Hopfgarten and the Museum Kitzbühel. Other artists and styles: Sergius Pauser, Herbert Boeckl, Toni Kirchmayr, Ludwig Neuhauser, Wilhelm Mrazek, Gert Ammann, Vienna Künstlerhaus, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, landscape painting, human motifs, collage, atmospheric painting, Tyrolean landscape, copies of old masters, Hopfgarten, Museum Kitzbühel 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, Lots 1–508: Starts at 10.00 am CET; Lots 509–981: Starts at 4.00 pm CET
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Auction time 30/09/2026 à 10h00
Lot description modified on 26/09/2026 à 11h18
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