145 - Leo Steck (Davos 1883–1960 Bern), “Walk at Night,” 1923, oil on canvas, unsigned, titled on the reverse on an old label and bearing the estate stamp, 138 x 86 cm; the painting mentioned on p. 929 of the *Artists’ Lexicon of Switzerland*, Volume II, p. 929, marks the beginning of Steck’s so-called neoclassical figurative style, which would characterize his work from that point on; mounted on a simple wooden frame; overall dimensions: 143 x 91 cm. Limit 450,-

Leo Steck (Davos 1883–1960 Bern), “Walk at Night,” 1923, oil on canvas, unsigned, titled on the reverse on an old label and bearing the estate stamp, 138 x 86 cm; the painting mentioned on p. 929 of the *Artists’ Lexicon of Switzerland*, Volume II, p. 929, marks the beginning of Steck’s so-called neoclassical figurative style, which would characterize his work from that point on; mounted on a simple wooden frame; overall dimensions: 143 x 91 cm. Limit 450,- >> Swiss painter, stained-glass artist, writer, and zoologist; studied zoology at the universities of Bern, Neuchâtel, and Montpellier beginning in 1903; 1907: Ph.D. in Bern; self-taught artist; 1908: moved to Paris; attended the Académie Julian; earned a living as a travel writer; 1911–13: traveled through France, Spain, and Russia; 1914: returned to Bern; converted to Catholicism in 1926; lived in Paris from 1920 to 1930; returned to Switzerland in 1931, where he created over 125 stained-glass windows for churches in the city and region of Bern; taught at the Bern School of Applied Arts.