FRANZ WINDHAGER* (Vienna 1879 - 1959 Vienna) Female nude, 1919 pencil and red chalk/paper 45 x 33,5 cm signed F. Windhagen ESTIMATE °€ 50 - € 100 STARTING PRICE € 50 Franz Windhager was an Austrian painter and graphic artist who was particularly active in the first half of the 20th century. He initially studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna under Christian Griepenkerl, and from 1900 he was a student of Ludwig Schmid-Reutte in Karlsruhe. From 1904, Windhager studied again in Vienna, with Christian Griepenkerl and Franz Rumpler. He then went on several study trips. In 1909 Windhager became a member of the Vienna Künstlerhaus. He received numerous awards, including the Drasche Prize in 1913 and 1915, the Rifleman Anniversary Prize of the Riflemen's Guild of the Vienna Künstlerhaus in 1916 and the I. C. Berendsen Prize in 1925. Windhager is known for his colourful genre paintings. He also worked under the name Franz Reichar(d)t or Franz Reichardt-Windhager. Further artists and styles: Christian Griepenkerl, Franz Rumpler, Ludwig Schmid-Reutte, Rudolf Höger, Anton Klinger, Geza Farago, Josef Bato, Ludwig Bury-Pravotinszky, Edmund Edvi-Illes, Leopold Hermann, genre 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 °), a premium of 24% is added to the highest bid. The mandatory sales tax of 13%, for photographys 20%, is added to the sum of the highest bid and, the buyer's premium. The buyer's premium amounts to 28% in case of differential taxation. The sales tax is included in the differential taxation.