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Hansjörg Wagner, a German sculptor, painter and draughtsman born in Berlin in 1930 and who died in Munich in 2013, developed a body of work that brings together sculpture, painting and graphic arts. His subjects range from animal sculptures and monuments in public spaces to landscapes, portraits and still lifes. He was self-taught in drawing and painting, having found in drawing a path towards painting. Over the decades, motifs such as creation and the principle of unity recur in his work.
His monumental works include the Störtebeker-Denkmal in Hamburg and the Eisbären-Brunnen at Berlin Zoo. In 1976, he set up a second studio in Italy, in addition to the one in Munich, to work with stone and bronze. His graphic work includes illustrations for Schuld und Sühne by Fyodor Dostoevsky and the popular tales of Leo Tolstoy, followed by print cycles and illustrations related to Charles Dickens and Hans Christian Andersen.
The still life Blumenstillleben mit gestreifter Decke, dated 1960, attests to his activity as a painter: this tempera on hardboard measures 110.5 × 80.5 cm and is signed at the lower right. Works by Wagner were acquired by the Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus between 1953 and 1955, and later by the Neue Pinakothek in Munich in 1966 and the Georg Schäfer Collection. His graphic work is documented in particular by Hansjörg Wagner – Graphik Zeichnungen, published by Hirmer in 1973, and Das druckgraphische Werk 1951–1980, published in 1981.
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Tempera
Blumenstillleben mit gestreifter Decke
tempera
Auction date : 2024-06-05
Published result : 22680 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 20000
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