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Oil on canvas Austria, 1936 Ernst Paar (1906-1986) - Austrian painter and graphic artist Signed lower left and dated 'Paar 36' Verso label with a Vienna Künstlerhaus exhibition number from 1938 Dimensions: 51 x 63.5 cm Provenance: Austrian private collection Good condition A sober landscape with an abstract approach by the Austrian artist Ernst Paar; his paintings fetch up to 15,000 euros at international auctions The Austrian painter and graphic artist Ernst Paar (1906-1986) created this oil painting of a landscape with a red house in his Viennese period in 1936. The lush green landscape is characterized by vivid and powerful brushstrokes, reflecting the prosperous nature in an expressive, slightly abstract manner. Due to the positioning of the trees and the red house in the background, the composition gains a certain spatial depth. The simplification and harmony of forms in Paar's paintings were certainly inspired by Alfred Wickenburg (1885-1978), a leading representative of the Styrian Modern movement since the early 1930s, who lived in Graz from 1923 and founded the Graz Secession together with other artists. The painting is signed lower left and dated 'Paar 36'. On the back is a label with a Vienna Künstlerhaus exhibition number from 1938. It is in good condition, showing slight signs of age. The colour surface features minimal traces of the framing. There is a small restored area in the lower section (repaired on the back). The dimensions of the painting are 51 x 63.5 cm. Ernst Paar (1906-1986) A native of Graz, the painter and graphic artist Ernst Paar worked as a lithographer in his early years, before he studied at the Stuttgart Academy from 1925 to 1927. In 1928, he stayed in Berlin, and from 1930 to 1931, he studied at the Academy Julian in Paris. From 1933 onwards, he lived in Vienna. In Paris, Paar created late Impressionist city views. In the further 1930s, he turned towards Cubist landscapes and still lifes, inspired by Georges Braque and the Graz group of artists around Alfred Wickenburg. After the end of World War II, his works were characterized by a combination of late cubist and abstract elements of style, to which he often added a humorous, sometimes surrealistic touch. From 1932, Paar was a member of the Graz Secession and of the Hagenbund from 1934 to 1938. Works by Paar are owned by the Austrian Gallery and the Historical Museum in Vienna, the Neue Galerie in Linz and the Neue Galerie Joanneum in Graz.