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Karl Markus* (Olmuetz-Rolsberg 1899 - 1974 Vienna) Landscape with grain silo watercolor/paper 32,5 x 48 cm signed K. Markus SCHÄTZPREIS / ESTIMATE °€ 150 - 250 STARTPREIS / STARTING PRICE °€ 150 The painter and graphic artist Karl Markus primarily created landscapes with strong colours, initially inspired by Josef Dobrowsky, and after 1945 in a more objective style of painting. Markus, who had lived in Vienna since 1910, worked full-time as a bank clerk. From the early 1930s he was a private student of Karl Gunsam, otherwise self-taught. Belonged to the circle of friends around Gunsam, H. Steiner, Herbert Potuznik, Ernst Paar and H. Letz. In 1937/1938, Markus was a member of the Hagenbund, and from 1945 of the Vienna Secession; He served as treasurer of the Secession until 1973. He was also a member of the Marchfeld Künstlervereinigung. Study trips took him to Italy, the Balcans, Greece, Turkey and England. In 1964, Markus took part in a collective in the Vienna Secession. Further exhibition participations e.g. B. in Nuremberg, Oslo, Bucharest, Rome, London, New York and Johannesburg. His works include: in the Albertina and in the Museum of the City of Vienna/Vienna Museum. Honors, prizes: 1965 Josef Hoffmann Honor from the Vienna Secession; 1969 Awarded the title of professor. Further artists and styles: Rudolf Bacher, Vienna Secession, Künstlerhaus Vienna, Expressionism, Viennese Modernism, portrait painting PLEASE NOTE: The purchase price consists of the highest bid plus the buyer's premium, sales tax and, if applicable, the fee of artists resale rights. In the case of normal taxation (marked ° at the estimate), a premium of 24% is added to the highest bid. The mandatory sales tax is added to the sum of the highest bid and the buyer's premium. This amounts to 13% for paintings, drawings, graphic works and sculptures and 20% for photographs and all other items. The buyer's premium amounts to 28% in case of differential taxation. The sales tax is included in the differential taxation.