WENZEL WEIS (Tachov 1858 - 1929 Vienna) Austrian architect Otto Wagner, early 1900s heliogravure 21 x 14 cm Graphische Union Vienna ESTIMATE € 150 - € 300 STARTING PRICE € 150 The parents of Wenzl Weis were the Kurschmied Josef Weis and his wife Eleonora Weis. He himself did from 1872 A photographer apprenticeship at Ernst Pflanz in Marienbad and then worked in photo studios in Innsbruck, Graz and Vienna. In 1888 he visited courses on the Teaching and Experimental Institute for Photography and Reproductive Procedure in Vienna. In 1898 he took over the Atelier Margit in Vienna and specialised in portrait photos. In 1900 Weis became the hope of the archduke Karl Stefan appointed. Weis was one of the co-founders of the Association of photographic employees, whose chairman he became in 1891. He was In addition, a member of photographic society and the Austrian Photographer association, whose chairman he became. From 1904 to 1911 he was Responsible editor of the "Austrian Photographer newspaper" as well as 1911-19 of the specialist journal "The Bund. Austrian professional photographs ". Further artists and styles: Art Nouveau, Vienna modernism, Josef Hoffmann, Wiener Werkstätte, Martin Gerlach, Fine Art printing 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.