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Ernst Fuchs, Serigraph in Colors, David, Austria, about 1980

Currency:EUR Category:Collectibles Start Price:500.00 EUR Estimated At:800.00 - 1,000.00 EUR
Ernst Fuchs, Serigraph in Colors, David, Austria, about 1980
Auction Announcement on August 7, 2014 at 12:45pm:

The serigraph by Ernst Fuchs is the sheet ‘Telramud‘ from the portfolio ‘Highlights 79‘, which was published in 1979 in an edition of 450 copies plus 50 artist’s proofs by ‘The Editors’ in Munich.

The Austrian painter, sculptor and architect Ernst Fuchs (born 1930) created this serigraph in colors in about 1980. Ernst Fuchs is one of the founders of the Vienna School of Fantastic Realism. Depicted is a male in profile with richly adorned splendor helmet in Greek style. The work is signed lower right ‘Ernst Fuchs’ and numbered lower left ‘30/450’.



The sheet is professionally mounted under a mat (reversible) and framed. Work and frame are in very good condition with hardly any traces of wear. On the reverse are traces of adhesive stripes on the margin. The print is 46.8 x 45 cm in size, the sheet 62.3 x 49.4 cm and total dimensions, including the frame, are 77.5 x 73 cm.



Ernst Fuchs (born 1930)

Already as a pupil, Ernst Fuchs obtained instruction in painting and sculpting from his parents’ friends and began his studies at the age of 15 at the Viennese Akademie der Bildenden Künste under Albert Paris von Gütersloh. Between 1950 and 1962 Fuchs travelled a lot and exhibited in various countries, until he returned to Vienna in 1962 as a professor. There he grew to be one of the main representatives of the Vienna School of Fantastic Realism, whose founder was his teacher, von Gütersloh. Even though it was inspired by Surrealism, Phantastic Realism orientated itself more and more towards the technical perfection of the Old Masters and is less abstract than Surrealism. Fuchs’ themes include mystical-religious and erotic subjects.

Apart from his graphic oeuvre, Fuchs worked as a stage designer, costume designer, architect and singer. His buildings are characterized by ornaments and colors. The Otto-Wagner-Villa modified by Fuchs is today the Ernst-Fuchs-Museum. Fuchs’ works are shown internationally in different retrospectives. In 2004 he received the First Class Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art. (tm)
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