Bidspirit auction | FRANZ LEX* ( Vienna 1895

FRANZ LEX* ( Vienna 1895 - 1959 Vienna ) - Aggstein castle, Wachau charcoal/paper 39 x 54,7 cm signed Lex SCHÄTZPREIS / ESTIMATE °€ 100 - 200 STARTPREIS / STARTING PRICE °€ 100 Franz Lex was an Austrian artist. He studied at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts under Alois Delug. He then worked as a teacher and freelance artist. In 1937 he exhibited in the Glass Palace in Vienna's Volksgarten as a member of the artists' association “Die Brücke” led by Rudolf Buchner. A year later, Lex exhibited in the Zedlitz Hall in Vienna as a member of the „Gemeinschaft bildender Künstler“ (Community of Visual Artists), which brought together the members of the artist associations that existed before the annexation, with the exception of the Künstlerhaus and Secession. From 1938 to 1947, Lex worked as a teacher at the academic high school in Vienna, later he taught at the Goethe-Realschule in the 14th district. One of his students was Erich Sokol. After the end of the war, Lex was appointed “section leader of the painters group” of the Berufsvereinigung der bildenden Künstler Österreichs (Professional Association of Austrian Visual Artists). Aggstein Castle is the ruins of a spur castle on the right bank of the Danube in the municipality of Schönbühel-Aggsbach in the Wachau region of Lower Austria. The castle was probably built at the beginning of the 12th century by Manegold III of Acchispach (Aggsbach). In 1606, Anna Baroness von Polheim und Parz, the widow of the last tenant, acquired the castle and renovated it in the late Renaissance style. After her death, the castle fell into disrepair. Further artists and styles: Still life, Oil painting, Portrait, Realism, Expressionism 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 ° at the estimate), a premium of 24% is added to the highest bid. The mandatory sales tax is added to the sum of the highest bid and the buyer's premium. This amounts to 13% for paintings, drawings, graphic works and sculptures and 20% for photographs and all other items. The buyer's premium amounts to 28% in case of differential taxation. The sales tax is included in the differential taxation.