129 - Alfons Walde* (Oberndorf 1891 - 1958 Kitzbühel)

Alfons Walde* (Oberndorf 1891 - 1958 Kitzbühel) Lady in a negligee with white stockings and a black scarf, around 1924 tempera/paper 18,3 x 17,2 cm verso inscribed Aus dem Nachlass von Prof. A. Walde, Guta E. Berger, geb. Walde depicted in Amann/Walde, catalogue raisnonné Walde, 2025, S. 629, WVN. DA-1AH-78 titled in the catalogue raisonné Seated woman with Cut-Out shoes and bracelet SCHÄTZPREIS / ESTIMATE € 8000 - 16000 STARTPREIS / STARTING PRICE € 8000 Alfons Walde was one of the most important representatives of Austrian interwar modernism. After attending school in Innsbruck, he studied at the Vienna University of Technology from 1910, where he came into contact with the Vienna Secession and artists such as Egon Schiele, Gustav Klimt, and Herbert Boeckl. During the First World War, he served as a lieutenant in the Imperial Rifles, returning in 1917 and once again turning to painting. In the 1920s, Walde developed his unmistakable visual language, in which rural life and the winter landscape of the Tyrolean mountains were transformed into clearly composed, intensely colored scenes. Works such as "Fair in Kitzbühel" and "Going to Church" demonstrate his combination of expressive flatness and stylized figuration. With the founding of the Alfons Walde art publishing house in 1923, he disseminated his paintings as postcards and art prints, thus gaining international recognition. In addition to painting, Walde was also active as an architect and realized several buildings in Kitzbühel. His art combines the expressiveness of Expressionism with the clarity of New Objectivity and shaped the image of Tyrol in the modern era. Until his death in 1958, he remained closely connected to his homeland and is considered one of the most distinctive interpreters of the Alpine landscape in the 20th century. 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.