Eduard Kasparides, 1858 Mährisch Krönau – 1926 Wien

MYSTICAL DEPICTION WITH TWO FIGURES AND A CELESTIAL FIGURE Oil on card. 35.7 x 27.5 cm. Signed 'ED. KASPARIDES". In gilt aedicule frame. Against an initially blue background on a beige ground or beach two nude figures, the one in front a reclining woman with long dark hair. The blue sky clears upwards and a celestial figure of light with large wings can be seen against a yellow background, holding a burning torch in her outstretched right hand. The depiction is partly reminiscent of works by Adolf Frey-Moock (1881-1954). The artist studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna from 1876 to 1884. After graduating, he initially moved to Munich in 1885, but settled in Vienna from 1886, became a member of the Austrian Society of Fine Artists in 1894 and was a member of the Hagenbund from 1900 to 1905. He received several awards for his works.(14011015) (18)