462 - Josef Mikl* (Vienna 1929 - 2008 Wien 1929 - 2008 Vienna)

Josef Mikl* (Vienna 1929 - 2008 Wien 1929 - 2008 Vienna) Yellow field, 1962 oil/canvas 50 x 40 cm signed Mikl, dated 1962 verso signed, dated and inscribed Mikl 62, Feld im Gelb SCHÄTZPREIS / ESTIMATE € 6000 - 8000 STARTPREIS / STARTING PRICE € 6000 Josef Mikl was an Austrian artist. From 1946 to 1948, he attended the Höhere Graphische Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt in Vienna. From 1948 to 1955, he went on to study at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna under Josef Dobrowsky, without obtaining a final diploma. In 1956, he founded the artist group “Galerie nächst St. Stephan” with Wolfgang Hollegha, Markus Prachensky and Arnulf Rainer. His son Franz Wibmer, who is also a painter, was born in 1962. In 1964, Mikl exhibited at documenta III; In 1977 he took part in documenta 6. In 1968, Mikl represented Austria at the Venice Biennale. From 1969 to 1997, Mikl was a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna. Mikl represented abstract realism with the human figure as the central theme. Drawings were of particular importance to him. In 2023, the Gemeindebau (Municipal Tenement Building) at Schönbrunner Straße 242 in Vienna's 12th district (Meidling) was named Josef-Mikl-Hof. 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.