9 - Ferdinand Zach* ( Vienna 1868 - 1956 Vienna)

Ferdinand Zach* ( Vienna 1868 - 1956 Vienna) Vienna mixed media/paper 12,7 x 15,7 cm signed Ferdinand Zach SCHÄTZPREIS / ESTIMATE € 200 - 300 STARTPREIS / STARTING PRICE € 200 The Austrian painter Ferdinand Zach was born in Vienna and was active in the Austrian capital throughout his life. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and ranks among the significant representatives of Viennese landscape and veduta painting during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His body of work encompasses oil paintings and watercolors featuring cityscapes, landscapes, architectural motifs, and atmospheric moods—styles characteristic of the Vienna School, the realism of the Danube Monarchy, and the Biedermeier tradition. Zach created numerous vedute of Vienna—including views of St. Stephen's Cathedral, the city's rooftops, and famous squares like the Graben—as well as landscapes from the Wachau region and other parts of Austria. His works are distinguished by subtle color gradations, detailed compositions, and a sensitive handling of light that harkens back to the classical Viennese painting of Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller, Rudolf von Alt, and Carl Moll. Although Zach witnessed the eras of Viennese Modernism and Art Nouveau, his painting remained rooted in the realist tradition. His works document historic Vienna and its surroundings, serving as important records of Austrian art history spanning the period from the Empire to the post-war era. His artistic peers include landscape and veduta painters such as Carl Fahringer, Ludwig Heinrich Jungnickel, Josef Stoitzner, Viktor Planckh, Max Neuböck, Franz Neuber, Alfred Wickenburg, and Franz Windhager. Influences from Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller, Rudolf von Alt, Eduard Gurk, Thomas Ender, and Viennese Romanticism are also evident in his work. 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 and platform fee. In the case of normal taxation (marked ° at the estimate), a premium of 24% is added to the highest bid. The mandatory sales tax is added to the sum of the highest bid, the buyer's premium and platform fee. This amounts to 13% for paintings, drawings, graphic works and sculptures and 20% for photographs and all other items. The buyer's premium amounts to 28% in case of differential taxation. The sales tax is included in the differential taxation.