18th Oct, 2017 10:00
The Christian Heppe Collection of Modern & Outsider Art
Sold for £600
Lot details
Oswald Tschirtner ''Fischer'' 1986 Signed with initials Inscribed with title and dated Pencil on paper 14.7 x 20.9cm; and ''Berg und Tal'' 1986 Signed with initials, inscribed with title and dated Pencil on paper 14.7 x 20.9cm Both unframed (2) Exhibited: Galerie Gugging, September 2001. Biography: Born Perchtoldsdorf, Austria, 24th May 1920. Raised by an aunt and uncle in Vienna and attended a seminary school from the age of ten. Drafted into the German army in 1937. Fought at the Battle of Stalingrad. Captured and interned in Southern France. Due to religious fervour and violent episodes, was sent to a psychiatric institute in 1947. Entered Maria Gugging Psychiatric Clinic 1957. Began to draw under the supervision of Leo Navratil. Resident at the Haus der Kunstler (House of Artists) from its opening in 1981. Died 2007. Artist's Resale Rights may apply, please refer to our Terms & Conditions.
Oswald Tschirtner ''Fischer'' 1986 Signed with initials Inscribed with title and dated Pencil on paper 14.7 x 20.9cm; and ''Berg und Tal'' 1986 Signed with initials, inscribed with title and dated Pencil on paper 14.7 x 20.9cm Both unframed (2) Exhibited: Galerie Gugging, September 2001. Biography: Born Perchtoldsdorf, Austria, 24th May 1920. Raised by an aunt and uncle in Vienna and attended a seminary school from the age of ten. Drafted into the German army in 1937. Fought at the Battle of Stalingrad. Captured and interned in Southern France. Due to religious fervour and violent episodes, was sent to a psychiatric institute in 1947. Entered Maria Gugging Psychiatric Clinic 1957. Began to draw under the supervision of Leo Navratil. Resident at the Haus der Kunstler (House of Artists) from its opening in 1981. Died 2007. Artist's Resale Rights may apply, please refer to our Terms & Conditions.
Auction: The Christian Heppe Collection of Modern & Outsider Art, 18th Oct, 2017
