SYLVIA KOLLER* (Nuremberg 1898 - 1963 Oberwaltersdorf near Baden) Mother and child oil/canvas 89.5 x 64.5 cm signed S. Koller ESTIMATE °€ 600 - € 800 STARTING PRICE € 600 The Austrian artist Silvia Koller, daughter of the artist Broncia Koller-Pinell and the industrialist Hugo Koller, grew up on the family estate in Oberwaltersdorf near Baden, which was a popular meeting place for artists. As early as 1910, she attended Franz Čižek's famous drawing courses. From 1914 to 1918, Koller studied at the School of Applied Arts in Vienna with Adolf Böhm, Rudolf von Larisch and Koloman Moser. In 1921 Koller moved to Berlin and continued her studies with Carl Hofer. In 1924, she went to Geneva to see Alexandre Blanchet and from there to Paris. In 1937, Koller returned to her parents' home in Oberwaltersdorf to care for her sick father and subsequently withdrew from the art world. It was not until 1953 that she took part in courses at the Salzburg Summer School, which were led by Oskar Kokoschka. Koller's preferred subjects were landscapes, vedute, portraits, still lifes and animal depictions. Further artists and styles: Koloman Moser, Franz Čižek, Karl Hofer, Egon Schiele, New Objectivity, portrait, still life, landscape painting, vedute, Oskar Kokoschka 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.