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Willy Stieborsky

Georg Willy Stieborsky, known as Willy Stieborsky, was an Austrian painter, draughtsman and stage designer, born in Vienna in 1881 and died in 1966.

Trained at the Academy of Vienna, he contributed to the periodicals « Muskete », « Lustige Blätter » and « Fliegende Blätter ». A catalogue entry describes him as a war painter during the First World War. In 1931, he worked as a stage designer on Gerhart Hauptmann’s « Winterballade ».

Among the recorded works is « Lady with harp », a signed oil on canvas dated 1908, measuring 96 × 96 cm. A catalogue also records twelve original designs for the « Fliegenden Blätter », signed and executed in watercolour, pastel and mixed media. The Dobiaschofsky catalogue also lists « Bäcker mit Geselle vor Ofen », a signed oil on canvas dated 1925, measuring 61 × 82.5 cm. A poster dealer attributes to him the design of an Austrian poster for a First World War war loan.

This profile brings together identity references for Willy Stieborsky and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.

1 references are documented at Dobiaschofsky. Each record links to its source; the amounts are not a general valuation of the artist’s work.

Sources and references

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• RKDartists · ODC-BY-1.0
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SwissArtGallery documentary note based on the cited sources. Titles, media and qualifications are provided in the profile language; the original catalogue wording remains available in each record.
Documentation updated : 2026-10-19