174 - Karl Hauk* (Klosterneuburg 1898 - 1974 Vienna)

Karl Hauk* (Klosterneuburg 1898 - 1974 Vienna) In front of the factory, 1930 oil/cardboard 80 x 60 cm monogrammed HK depicted in Widder, Karl Hauk, 2008, p. 178 exhibited at "Karl Hauk" at Lentos museum Linz 2022 SCHÄTZPREIS / ESTIMATE °€ 5000 - 10000 STARTPREIS / STARTING PRICE °€ 5000 Karl Hauk, an Austrian artist of the 20th century and the interwar period, was considered a leading figure of New Objectivity, Expressionism, and socially critical Realism. Raised in Linz, he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna from 1918 to 1923 under Alois Delug, Karl Sterrer, and Josef Jungwirth, and exhibited for the first time in 1920 at the Linz "Ring" art gallery. A member of the Hagenbund (1927–1938) and the artists' association Maerz, he commuted between Linz and Vienna from 1923 onward, creating oil paintings, drawings, watercolors, and architectural art. In 1928, he painted frescoes for the Linz Chamber of Labor, and in 1936, he created works for Linz Central Station and stained-glass windows for the Sandleiten Parish Church in Vienna. A friend of Clemens Holzmeister, he represented Christian art with windows, mosaics, frescoes, and religious paintings. His figurative paintings and landscapes of the Salzkammergut/Attersee region are particularly noteworthy. 1943–1945 Military service, 1947–1951 Director of the Linz Art School. Exhibitions at the Vienna Secession, Hagenbund, Maerz; 1959 group exhibition “Hauk-Dimmel-Hofmann” (Upper Austrian State Museum), Gundel Prize; from 1950 Vienna Künstlerhaus, Willy Eisenschitz as colleague, Wilhelm Dachauer. 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.