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ALFRED LOEB (Vienna 1885 - 1945 Prinknash Abbey)

Bundle of 2 portraits
Portrait of a girl, 1928
pencil/paper 53,5 x 38,7 cm
signed Loeb, dated 1928
inscribed, Weihnachten 1928 in herzlicher Freundschaft Alfred Loeb (Christmas 1928 in cordial friendship Alfred Loeb)
Portrait of a woman, 1927
linocut/paper 25,3 x 18,7 cm
sigend Alfred Loeb, dated Paris, Mai 1927
dedicated, meinem lieben Freunde Carry Hauser in herzlicher Zuneigung (to my dear friend Carry Hauser, with kind affection)

SCHÄTZPREIS / ESTIMATE °€ 80 - 100
STARTPREIS / STARTING PRICE °€ 80

The painter Alfred Loeb created landscapes and portraits and worked on religious and historical themes in the New Objectivity style after the mid-1920s. After graduating from high school in Vienna, Loeb briefly studied at the Montan-Hochschule in Charlottenburg, after which he worked as a volunteer abroad, where he was particularly interested in portraits of workers and the pictorial capture of company processes. After his return to Vienna he attended the Jaschke private painting school. From 1912 to 1914 he studied in Paris. At the beginning of the First World War in France he was interned, In 1919 he returned to Vienna. After a short period of work, Loeb worked as a freelance painter. From the mid-1920s onwards, Loeb took part in a number of exhibitions, including: 1925 as part of the “Association of Austrian Artists” in the Vienna Künstlerhaus and a collective in the Würthle Gallery in Vienna. Around 1926/1927, he spent a few months painting in Seckau Abbey (Stemk.), and from 1929 to 1934 he spent time painting in Heiligenkreuz Abbey, where he created pictures for the refectory and a chapel. From 1926 to 1938 Loeb was a member of the Hagenbund. In 1938/1939, he emigrated to England and, according to his friend Carry Hauser, died in a monastery there before 1945. Also according to Hauser, Loeb is said to have suffered from hearing loss, which may have contributed to his withdrawn lifestyle. Further artists and styles: Hagenbund, Carry Hauser, Oskar Laske, Alfred Keller, Otto Rudolf Schatz, Fritz Schwarz-Waldegg, Franz Jaschke, Wilhelm Klier, New Objectivity, Impressionism, Mood Impressionism, Secession
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