Austrian Landscape- Herbert Wagner (1931-2021)

Description

Framed Oil on Board Landscape of a setting around the Northern Austrian town of Freistadt. Painting measures 23 1/2" X 17 1/2". Painting is dated 1991. It is in extremely fine condition. Herbert Wagner was born in Heilingebrun Austria in 1931. His father Karl Wagner (1887-1966) was also a painter. He and his family relocated to Freistadt in 1945. He was a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna and the University of Vienna. He was a professor of art and history in Linz. After his retirement in 1991 he was affiliated with Freistadt's Brauhausegalerie. A number of his paintings have come up at auction at Dorotheum. He worked in oil, watercolor, pastel, fresco, pencil and print, as well as mosaic and sgraffito. He is listed in Artprice, Askart, Artnet and Artvalue. Nicely rendered scene.