JOSEF DANILOWATZ (Vienna 1877 - 1945 Vienna) Brink, applied artist, 1935 watercolour/paper 29,3 x 22,2 cm monogrammed D, dated 35 inscribed Brink applied artist ESTIMATE °€ 150 - € 300 STARTING PRICE € 150 Josef Danilowatz, son of a hairdresser who had immigrated to Vienna from Serbia, studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna under Siegmund L'Allemand and William Unger. He was then successful as a graphic designer and cartoonist for the weekly magazine "Die Muskete". From 1919, he also created caricatures for the Vienna satirical magazine "Der Götz von Berlichingen". Danilowatz often stayed in Trieste, where he drew ships and port facilities. His technical interest led him to create illustrations in this area. He achieved the greatest notoriety through the front pages of the model railway catalogues of the Swabian company Märklin that he designed between 1930 and 1940. Josef Danilowatz was married to Maria Lasus, who was classified as a "half-Jew" according to the National Socialist racial laws. After his death, he received an honorary grave in the Döbling cemetery. In 1955, Danilovatzgasse in Vienna-Meidling and Liesing was named after him. Further artists and styles: technology, railway, train, caricature, watercolour, railway station, portrait, industrialisation, urbanisation 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.