HEINRICH VON ZÜGEL (Murrhardt 1850 - 1941 München)

HEINRICH VON ZUEGEL (Murrhardt 1850 - 1941 Munich) Two bull heads lithograph/paper, 19,7 x 28,8 cm signed H. Zügel, numbered 31/50 ESTIMATE °€ 60 - 100 STARTING PRICE °€ 60 Heinrich von Hügel was a German painter and graphic artist who was particularly active in the second half of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. He first attended the arts and crafts training school in Schwäbisch-Hall, and from 1867 to 1869 he studied painting at the Stuttgart Art Academy with Bernhard von Neher and Heinrich von Rustige. He then studied for another two years at the Stuttgart Art School with Anton Braith and briefly at the Munich Art Academy with Cart Theodor von Piloty. Study visits took Reins to Paris, Holland and Belgium. In 1892 he was a co-founder of the Munich Secession, of which he became an honorary member. From 1894 to 1895, Zügel taught at the Art Academy in Karlsruhe, and from 1895 to 1922 he was a professor at the Munich Art Academy for animal painting, temporarily also as rector. Until 1914,ügel also gave summer open-air courses in Woerth am Rhein. His students included Viktor Eckart von Eckartsburg, Hans von Hayek and Emanuel Hegenbarth. Represented in the Hagenbund for the first time in 1907, Zügel was a member from 1908 to 1912. He was also a member of the art academies in Berlin and Dresden. Between 1897 and 1924,ügel was represented at the Venice Biennale a total of eight times. His works include: in the Belvedere, in the Albertina, in the Neue Pinakothek Munich, in the Nationalgalerie Berlin, in the Kunsthalle Bremen, and in the Kunsthalle Hamburg. Heinrich von Zügel became known primarily for his depictions of animals, mostly sheep and cattle, sometimes embedded in the landscape and in an impressionistic painting style. 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 °), a premium of 24% is added to the highest bid. The mandatory sales tax of 13%, for photographs 20%, is added to the sum of the highest bid and the buyer's premium. The buyer's premium amounts to 28% in case of differential taxation. The sales tax is included in the differential taxation.