257 - Willy Eisenschitz* (Vienna 1889 - 1974 Paris)

Willy Eisenschitz* (Vienna 1889 - 1974 Paris) Autumn in Minimes, 1935 oil/canvas 96,35 x 148,5 cm signed Willy Eisenschitz, dated 1935 depicetd in Perreau, catalogue raisonné Willy Eisenschitz, 1999, H991 SCHÄTZPREIS / ESTIMATE € 40000 - 80000 STARTPREIS / STARTING PRICE € 40000 Willy Eisenschitz, an Austrian-French painter of the 20th century from a Jewish family, studied at the Vienna Academy from 1911 and in 1912 went to the Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Montparnasse, where he married Claire Bertrand. Interned during the First World War, he discovered the light of southern France in 1921, which transformed his painting from Impressionism to Expressionism – influenced by Anton Faistauer, Ferdinand Andri, Karl Mediz, Egon Schiele, and Oskar Kokoschka. A member of the Société Nationale des Beaux Arts, he exhibited at the Salon d’Automne, at Durand-Ruel, and in the Toulon Museum; contacts with Josef Floch, Viktor Tischler, Georg Merkel, and Walter Bondy shaped his circle. From Dieulefît, he moved to La Valette-du-Var near Toulon. From 1951 onwards, he traveled to Ibiza, and later to Provence and Paris. His oil paintings, watercolors, still lifes, nudes, and landscapes capture the light of southern France. 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.