KARL FRÄNKEL* (Vienna 1895 - 1964 Vienna) Bundle of portraits of Carry Hauser with two accompaniments 1| Karl Fränkel* ( Vienna 1895 - 1964 Vienna ) The gentleman and the painter pencil/paper 34 x 42 cm inscribed with best regards to Carry Hauser from Mary (Helen?) included: 1| Erwin Quedenfeldt ( Essen 1869 - 1948 Bischofswiesen ) Portrait of a man, 1924 Erwinotype 50 x 37,5 cm signed Irma Gemer and Dr E. Quedenfeldt, dated Vienna 1924 inscribed, Erwinographik and signed, Carry Hauser; from Carry Hauser's estate 2|Georg Mayer-Marton* ( Raab 1897 - 1960 Liverpool ) Portrait of my colleague, 1932 charcoal/paper 39,8 x 29,8 cm signed X,dated 32 inscribed to my colleague Hauser ESTIMATE °€ 300 - € 500 STARTING PRICE € 300 Carry Hauser (Carl Maria Hauser) was an Austrian artist. He studied at Graphische Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt and at the Vienna School of Applied Arts. In 1914, he volunteered for military service, but returned to Vienna as a pacifist. He then lived mainly in Vienna, but also sporadically in Passau, where he was friends with the painter Georg Philipp Wörlen. However, many works from this early creative period, evidence of the horrors of war, were lost in the turbulence of the post-war period. From 1928, he was president of the Hagenbund. In the Corporate State, he was involved in the Vaterländische Front before the National Socialists banned him from working and exhibiting. In 1939, Hauser left Austria to follow an appointment at an art school in Melbourne. However, the outbreak of war prevented him from leaving for Australia and forced him to stay in Switzerland, where employment restrictions were imposed on him. For this reason, he was mainly active in literature during that time. After his return to Vienna in 1947, Hauser took part in building cultural life in Austria. He became general secretary of the P.E.N. Club and honorary president of the New Hagenbund. As a painter he enjoyed an international reputation in the post-war period. He made a name for himself as a journalist with articles about art and art issues. His achievements were recognised through public commissions and awards, including the Golden Medal of the City of Vienna, as well as the award of the title of professor. Carry Hauser's estate included a number of paintings that the artist had acquired in exchange from fellow artists. These three portraits were among them. 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.