332 - BRANDL, HERBERT

BRANDL, HERBERT 1959 Graz–2025 Vienna Title: Untitled. Date: 2006. Technique: Oil on canvas. Dimensions: 219 x 170 cm. Notation: Signed and dated on the reverse, upper left: BRANDL 2006. Provenance: -Galerie Bärbel Grässlin, Frankfurt am Main -Private collection, Hesse (acquired from the previous owner, according to the consignor) - One year after this painting was created, Herbert Brandl represented Austria at the Venice Biennale - A monumental forest motif in which light and color coalesce into a multi-layered natural space - A dynamic, gestural act of painting, situated between the experience of nature and abstraction Born in Graz in 1959, Herbert Brandl began studying at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna in 1978, under Peter Weibel, among others. With his powerful, gestural painting style, he became a defining figure of the Neue Wilde movement in Austria. He gained international recognition in 1992 through his participation in documenta IX and later at the 2007 Venice Biennale. From 2004 to 2019, he served as a professor at the Düsseldorf Art Academy. Until his death in 2025, Brandl remained committed to painting and its fundamental expressive possibilities. Nature often serves as the starting point for his works: he translates mountains, waterfalls, forests, and crystals into atmospheric spaces of color and light that oscillate between figuration and abstraction. The large-format oil painting from 2006 presented here was created during a period in which Brandl was intensively exploring the forest as a motif. On the portrait-oriented canvas, shades of green, turquoise, and dark earth tones coalesce into a multi-layered color space. Bright light green and white provide striking accents and seem to penetrate the darker areas like reflections of light. Short, energetic brushstrokes overlap and crisscross one another; individual streaks of color and visible traces of the painting process lend the surface a sense of dynamism. No specific landscape can be discerned. Rather, the impression that emerges is one of dense foliage, water, and shimmering light—an impression that dissolves back into pure painting the very next moment. Brandl does not depict the forest realistically but translates its atmosphere into an expressive visual language. The monumental format heightens this immediate impact: the painting becomes a natural space that is as powerful as it is sensual. Estimated shipping costs for this lot: This lot is not suitable for parcel shipping. Transport is only available via a shipping company after consultation following the auction. Additional shipping insurance Shipping insurance Up to a total invoice amount of 25,000 euros: max. 41.65 euros Over a total invoice amount of 25,000 euros: 1.8 per thousand Shipping to the U.S. by individual arrangement after the auction. #Herbert Brandl #Neue Wilde #Austria #Post-War Art #Painting #Abstract #2000s #Post War. In accordance with §26 UrhG (German Copyright Act), VAN HAM is obligated to pay a statutory resale royalty on the sale proceeds of all original works of fine art and photography whose authors have not been deceased for 70 years prior to the end of the calendar year of the sale. The buyer shall contribute 1.5% of the hammer price toward this fee.