HANS STAUDACHER* (St. Urban 1923 - 2021 Vienna) The red love lithograph/paper 46 x 64 cm signed H. Staudacher numbered 70/150 ESTIMATE € 900 - € 1200 STARTING PRICE € 900 Hans Staudacher was an Austrian artist of the 20th century and is considered one of the most important representatives of abstract painting. As an autodidact, he began making drawings, landscape watercolours and portraits very early on and from 1948 he took part in exhibitions. In 1950 he moved to Vienna. In 1954 and 1962 he travelled to Paris several times for longer periods. In 1956 Staudacher represented Austria at the Venice Biennale and in 1976 he was awarded the title of professor. He was a co-founder and main representative of Austrian informal art and a member of the Vienna Secession, the Forum Stadtpark in Graz and the Kunstverein für Kärnten in Klagenfurt. Today his works can be found in the Albertina Graphic Collection, in the Museum of Art in Cincinnati and in numerous public and private collections in Germany and abroad. Further artists and styles: Arnulf Rainer, Josef Mikl, Wolfgang Hollegha, Markus Prachensky, Maria Lassnig, Cornelius Kolig, Gotthard Muhr, Albin Egger-Lienz, Richard Gerstl, Oskar Kokoschka, Broncia-Koller Pinell, Anton Mahringer, Carl Moll, Koloman Moser, Egon Schiele, Gustav Klimt, Josef Hoffmann, Albert Paris Gütersloh, Lois Pregartbauer, Matthias Herrmann, Norbertine Bresslern-Roth, Sebastian Isepp, Ludwig Heinrich Jungnickel, Kiki Kogelnik, Anton Kolig, Oskar Mulley, Josef Stoitzner, Konstantin Stoitzner, Reimo Wukounig, Wols, Pierre Soulages, Antonio Saura, Markus Prachensky, Henri Michaux, Asger Jorn, Rolf Iseli, Hans Hartung, Jean Fautrier, Karel Appel and Max Ackermann 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.