GERHARD SWOBODA* (Neubistritz 1923 - 1974 Vienna) Bird hunt, 1953 mixed media/paper 41.3 x 60.3 cm signed Swoboda, dated 53 ESTIMATE € 500 - € 1000 STARTING PRICE € 500 Gerhard Swoboda (1923-1974) was an Austrian painter and graphic artist. He was born on January 24, 1923 in Neubistritz (today Nová Bystřice, Czech Republic) and moved to Vienna with his family in 1926. From 1946 he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, including as a master student of Fritz Wotruba, and later turned to painting. Swoboda was a member of the Art Club and the Vienna Secession. He presented his works in numerous exhibitions, including the Venice Biennale (1950, 1954) and the São Paulo Biennale (1952). Swoboda's art can be assigned to the Vienna School of Fantastic Realism, which is characterised by poetic-magical imagery. He taught at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. One of his important public works is the mosaic "Nursing" at the Fleminghof in Vienna. Swoboda died on July 11, 1974 in Vienna. Further artists and styles: Fritz Wotruba, Fantastic Realism, Arik Brauer, Ernst Fuchs, Rudolf Hausner, Wolfgang Hutter, Anton Lehmden, Albert Paris Gütersloh, Alfred Kubin, Surrealism, Salvador Dalí, Joan Miró 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.