138 - Paul Flora, “Zwei Bajazzi”, “Tango Notturno”, “Carnevale Veneziano”, “Venezianische Tristezza”, 4 signed etchings & 5 offset lithographs from 1980-92, framed

Paul Flora, “Zwei Bajazzi”, “Tango Notturno”, “Carnevale Veneziano”, “Venezianische Tristezza”, 4 signed etchings & 5 offset lithographs from 1980-92, framed Paul Flora, 1922 Glurns - 2009 Innsbruck, Austrian draughtsman, caricaturist and graphic artist; shown here: ‘Zwei Bajazzi’, colour etching, 20 x 29.5 cm, signed and numbered 217/290; ‘Tango Notturno’, from the portfolio, colour etching from the portfolio, 20 x 24.5 cm, signed and numbered 217/290 from 1991/92; Wagner with Ravens, etching, 6.5 x 9 cm, signed and numbered 27/200; “Cat and Hero”, colour etching, 6 x 9 cm, signed, titled and numbered 74/200; 4 x “Carnevale Veneziano”, colour offset/offset lithograph, 24.5 x 34 cm, titled, signed and dated (19)80/82/83 & “Venezianische Tristezza”, colour offset lithograph, 25 x 35 cm, inscribed, signed and dated (19)84; all mounted behind glass, one framed behind passepartout About the artist: Paul Flora was born in the Vinschgau Valley in South Tyrol; in 1927 he moved with his family to North Tyrol. To avoid military service, he enrolled at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, where his future teacher, Olaf Gulbransson, was also studying; however, he did not meet him until after the war in Innsbruck. In 1948, he was admitted as a member of the Art Club (Vienna). From 1986, he was a corresponding member of the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts. From 1999, he was a member of the P.E.N. Club Liechtenstein. From 2003 to 2006, he served as its president and was elected honorary president in recognition of his services to the club. Furthermore, he was a co-founder of the municipal gallery in the Taxispalais in Innsbruck in 1964 and the initiator of the ‘Austrian Graphic Arts Competition’. In 2011, the town of Glurns opened the Paul Flora Museum, which has since housed a permanent exhibition on his life and work.