SwissArtGallery · Documented identity
Hans Zatzka, an Austrian painter who lived from 1859 to 1945, is associated with academically grounded and religious painting, whose repertoire includes sacred figures as well as allegorical and fantastical subjects. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna from 1877 to 1882 under Christian Griepenkerl, Carl Wurzinger and Carl von Blaas. In 1880, he received the Goldene Füger-Medaille, which his biography describes as his first award. The motifs cited in connection with his work include guardian angels, fairies, cupids, female and sensual figures, as well as allegories.
In 1885, according to his biography, he received his first public commission: the decoration of the ceiling of the Kurhaus in Baden-Baden. He also worked with his brother, an architect, and produced frescoes for buildings designed by him. The source also attributes numerous church decorations in Vienna, Mayerling, Olmütz and Innsbruck to him. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, many works were photographed for publication as postcards. In 1924, the reproduction company KAMAG commissioned up to two paintings a week from him. According to the biography, most of his work is now in private collections.
This profile brings together identity references for Hans Zatzka and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
6 references are documented at Dobiaschofsky, Artcurial Beurret Bailly Widmer, Lempertz, Schuler. Each record links to its source; the amounts are not a general valuation of the artist’s work.
Oil on canvas
Im Boudoir
huile sur toile
Catalogue period : 2020-06-24
Published result : 4862 CHF
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : CHF 4000–6000
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Oil on canvas
Die Geburt der Venus
huile sur toile
Catalogue period : 2020-06-24
Published result : 27954 CHF
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : CHF 5000–7000
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Oil on wood
Dame mit Fächer im blühenden Park.
Öl auf Holz
Catalogue period : 2019-05-10
Published result : 9000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 10000
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Oil on wood
Kein Röschen ohne Dornen
Öl auf Holz
Auction date : 2017-09-20
Published result : 7440 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 4000
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Oil on canvas
Faun mit Nymphen beim Angeln
Öl auf Leinwand
Catalogue period : 2016-12-16
Published result : 12000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 6000–8000
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Oil on wood
"Wer kauft Liebesgötter?".
Öl auf Holz
Date to be documented
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
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Documentation updated : 2026-10-19
