117 - Anton Hanak (Brno 1875 - 1934 Vienna)

Anton Hanak (Brno 1875 - 1934 Vienna) Protecting mother, 1929 indian ink/paper 20,2 x 27 cm signed Anton Hanak, dated 1929 SCHÄTZPREIS / ESTIMATE °€ 1000 - 2000 STARTPREIS / STARTING PRICE °€ 1000 Anton Hanak studied at the Vienna Academy under Edmund Hellmer before becoming a leading figure of Viennese Modernism. As a member of the Vienna Secession and the Wiener Werkstätte, and as a founding member of the Austrian Werkbund, he was closely associated with key movements spanning Art Nouveau and the early modernist period, including the circles of Gustav Klimt and Josef Hoffmann. He created sculptural ornamentation for Hoffmann, for example for the Primavesi Villas and the Mariahilfer Zentralpalast. Hanak taught at the Vienna School of Applied Arts and became a professor at the Academy in 1932; his pupils included Fritz Wotruba and Franz Hagenauer. His work comprises portrait busts, monuments and free-standing sculpture, including the ‘Schmerzensmutter’ (1925) and the bust of Victor Adler. Stylistically, he developed an independent, visionary and symbolic formal language situated between Expressionism and monumental sculpture, which is also described as Expressionist sculpture. Works such as ‘The Last Man’ (1917) or ‘The Burning Man’ (1922) demonstrate an intense engagement with existential themes. In addition to influences from Auguste Rodin and Aristide Maillol, Hanak also enjoyed an international presence, for example at the Great Art Exhibition in Dresden. His approach combines decorative and architectural tasks with an increasingly expressive, spiritually charged conception of sculpture. 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.