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AUGUST RIEGER (Vienna 1886 - 1941 Vienna)
Bundle of 8 sketches

1 | Bathing family, 1938
pastel and charcoal/paper, 23,3 x 24,8 cm
dated 8 VII 38

2 | Women in bathing suits, 1938
charcoal and watercolor/paper, 21,3 x 21,1 cm
estate stamp Ausgust Rieger

3 | House at the lake, 1935
gouache/paper, 20,9 x 24,2 cm
dated 7 VI 1935

4 | Bathers, 1938
pastel and charcoal/paper, 22,3 x 28,3 cm
dated 27 VII 38

5 | Reclining woman in trunks
charcoal and watercolor/paper, 22,4 x 28,4 cm
dated 27 VII 38

6 | Sitting woman
pastel and charcoal/paper, 22,5 x 28,8 cm

7 | Family in the meadow, 1936
charcoal and watercolor/paper, 22,6 x 28 cm
verso dated 23 VI 36

8 | House in the country
gouache/paper, 18,4 x 24,5 cm

ESTIMATE € 1000 - 1600
STARTING PRICE € 1000

August Rieger was a Viennese landscape painter. He originally aspired to work as a priest, but broke off his theology studies and initially worked in the financial service. In his mid-thirties he began painting landscapes and joined the Hagenbund in 1938. His landscapes primarily depict views of Vienna and the surrounding area. Although he had no academic training and was self-taught, he was recognized as an artist by critics and colleagues and exhibited in art salons, especially in Vienna.

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