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HERBERT GURSCHNER* (Innsbruck 1901 - 1975 London)

Procession
woodcut/paper 9,5 x 7,5 cm
signed H. Gurschner

SCHÄTZPREIS / ESTIMATE € 600 - 800
STARTPREIS / STARTING PRICE € 600

Austrian painter, graphic artist and stage designer of the 20th century especially the interwar period. Representatives of Tyrolean modernism such as Artur Nikodem, Ernst Nepo, Wilhelm N. Prachensky, Hans Tyrol-Weber, etc. Stylistic development between Expressionism and New Objectivity. Nephew of the sculptors Emil and Gustav Gurschner. Attended the School of Arts and Crafts in Innsbruck and studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich from 1918 to 1920. In 1920 he lived in Mühlau in Innsbruck, exhibited with the Mühlau Circle around Alfons Schnegg, Rudolf Lehnert and Ernst Nepo. Early 1920s landscapes and cityscapes from travels through Tyrol, Salzburg and Italy. 1924 Married the English noblewoman Dolores Cherwadsky-Damarkow, established contacts with London artist and collector circles. 1929 first exhibition at the London Fine Art Society. Contacts with aristocratic, diplomatic and business circles, exhibitions in London and New York. Married his second wife Brenda Davidoff. Besides landscapes and portraits, also created nudes. Further artists and styles: Luis Alton, Max Angerer, Gerhild Diesner, Albin Egger-Lienz, Andreas Einberger, Max von Esterle, Hilde Goldschmidt, Waldemar Gutner, Oswald Haller, Franz Helmer, Johannes Hepperger, Christian Hess, Felix Heuberger, Karl Honeder, Leo Sebastian Humer, Thöny Kirchmayr, Engelbert Lap, Rudolf Lehnert, Carl Moser, Oskar Mulley, Ernst Nepo, Artur Nikodem, Alois Norer, Sepp Orgler, Karl Pferschy, Hans Piffrader, Theodor Prachensky, Wilhelm Nicolaus Prachensky, Joseph Prantl, Leo Putz, Otto Rasim, Karl Rieder, Thomas Riss, Thomas Riß, Robert Saurwein, Karl Schattanek, Leopold Scheiring, Alphons bzw. Alfons Schnegg, Werner Scholz, Sidonius Schrom, Franz Schwetz, Max Sparer, Albert Stolz, Erich Torggler, Johannes Troyer, Rudolf Wacker, Thomas Walch, Alfons Walde, Hans Josef Weber-Tyrol, Max Weiler, Raimund Wörle, Paul Flora, Rudolf Katzung, Tirol, Innsbruck, Mühlauer Kreis, Tiroler Künstlerbund, Gruppe Waage, Münchner Secession, Zwischenkriegszeit, Winter, Schnee, Schifahrer, Ski, Plakatkunst, Grafik, Österreich
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