79 - Helene Funke* (Chemnitz 1869 - 1957 Vienna)

Helene Funke* (Chemnitz 1869 - 1957 Vienna) Girl with lilies, around 1930 oil/cardboard/wood 40 x 29,5 cm depicted in Peter Funke, catalogue raisonné Helene Funke, 2011, p.236 (Frauenkopf mit Lilien) SCHÄTZPREIS / ESTIMATE € 10000 - 14000 STARTPREIS / STARTING PRICE € 10000 German-Austrian painter and graphic artist of the 20th century. Important artist of modernism, is described as a pioneer of emancipation and feminism because of the depictions of women. From 1899, she studied together with Gabriele Münter at the Münchner Damenakademie (Munich Ladies' Academy). 1905 to 1913, in Paris, like Paula Modersohn-Becker and Käthe Kollwitz. In 1913, she moved to Vienna. Member of the artist group Bewegung or Freie Bewegung, member of the group Wiener Frauenkunst and member of the Deutscher Künstlerbund. Exhibited in Paris at the Salon des Indépendants and the Salon d'automne with Henri Matisse, George Braque and Maurice de Vlaminck. Contact with the Fauves, involvement with Impressionism, Fauvism and Expressionism. In Vienna, participated in exhibitions of the Vienna Secession, the Hagenbund, the Künstlerhaus and the Kunstschau. Created confident portrayals of women, figural scenes, portraits of women, nudes, and still lifes. Bathers, dancers, Arcadian landscapes, metropolitan scenes in theaters with influences from Asiatica and ancient Egyptian mummy portraits. Colour explosions with high luminosity and great expressiveness comparable to Helene Taussig. Subtle depictions of the human psyche comparable to Egon Schiele. 2007 first museum retrospective at Lentos in Linz, 2019 appreciation of the artist in the exhibition Stadt der Frauen at Österreichische Galerie Belvedere. In contrast to the colour-intensive paintings, safe but delicate lines of the drawing, comparable to Gustav Klimt. 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.