JOHANNES WANKE* (Vienna 1923 - 2005 Jennersdorf) St. Stephen's Cathedral south, 1957 coloured woodcut/paper 70 x 51,9 cm signed Joh. Wanke, dated 1957 numbered 17/20 ESTIMATE °€ 40 - € 60 STARTING PRICE € 40 Johannes Wanke was an Austrian painter and graphic artist. His work is characterised primarily by paintings in strong colours and expressionist woodcuts. While he was still at school, he organised his first exhibition at the Währinger School of the Marian Brothers. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna from 1940 to 1949 and graduated with honours. In 1950, he received the State Prize of the Academy of Fine Arts. Wanke then worked freelance. Initially, the artist devoted himself primarily to woodcuts. He translated musical impressions of classical composers, but also of Arnold Schönberg, into pictures. He created a cycle of over 1000 sheets. He then shifted his artistic focus to watercolours and, in his later creative period, to oil painting. The hallmark of his painting is the power of colour in the pictures. Wanke has been teaching and giving summer courses in Neumarkt since 1968. In 1981, he made this place in southern Burgenland his home. In 1977, he was appointed professor. Wanke's pictures have been shown in numerous exhibitions worldwide, including the Sao Paulo Biennale and the Graphic Arts Biennale in Florence. Wanke was awarded the Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art in 1961, the Theodor Körner Prize in 1972 and the Grand Decoration of Honour of the Province of Burgenland in 1993. His works can be found in well-known museums and galleries in Austria, in the Diocesan Museum in Zagreb, and in various private collections. 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.