Austrian Drawings

Michelangelo. The Drawings of a Genius. By Achim Gnann. Preface by Klaus Albrecht Schröder. Published by the Albertina, Vienna. This catalogue is published in conjunction with the exhibition "Michelangelo: The Drawings of a Genius", Albertina, Vienna; October 8, 2010 - January 9, 2011. 478th. Published by Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern, 2010. 1st Ed softcover exhibition catalog. Michelangelo's drawings endowed human physique with an expressive musculature that remains to be rivaled in its feeling for corporeal articulation. His drawings of male nudes in particular, fraught as they are with tempestuous longing, project both tension and pliancy, and a compelling sense of health in the exertions and torque of bodies. He was also readily able to bring contrary qualities of grace and swiftness to depictions of women and cherubim. With over 300 color plates and extensive contextualizing scholarship, Michelangelo: The Drawings of a Genius is the most complete treatment of his work ever published, and thus constitutes a publication of great importance. Masterpieces from the world's finest museums are gathered, from the early studies for the "Battle of Cascina" and the studies for the Sistine Chapel frescoes, to the drawings for the tomb of Julius II, the Medici tombs...

An important, large and extremely rare original Hagenauer drawing of a head sculpture by Franz Hagenauer, from ca. 1930, No. 3080, from the workshop - Karl Hagenauer, Vienna - , samp...

O/8182 - This is an unusual painting: the famous Austrian painter Paul Renner, on the occasion of his own wedding, painted a series of watercolors as a gift to friends invited to his wedding. This one looks like steam coming out of a magic lamp...

Christian Ludwig Attersee (1940*), "Vollmondergänzung", mixed media on paper, 2001 Christian Ludwig Attersees works are defined by a figural-symbolic style, bright colours and a dyn...

pastel chalk on paper, laminated on cardboard signed "Rud Quittner" Auction catalog Leo Schidlof's Kunstauktionshaus, Estate Th. von Hörmann, Nr. "338 Seinekanal", Vienna 1918, p. ...

"Evastelle" by Christian Ludwig Attersee, dated 2000 Christian Ludwig Attersees works are defined by a figural-symbolic style, bright colours and a dynamic brush technique. Attersee...

This is a rare set of 5 drawings concerning the Free Masons Lodge on the Schwind Gasse number 8, in the 4th district of Vienna. The drawings were made in ...

A rare study of a table lamp, drawn with pencil on vellum, by Robert Gerlach from circa 1915. We can assume that the materials would be brass and glass. Whether the drawing was actu...

A pencil drawing on paper depicting the head of an ox. Solid cherry wood frame, polished and beeswaxed. Vienna, Austria circa 1920.

The 5th drawing in the series, Free Mason Lodge, Schwind Gasse number 8. Listing- 4 working drawings, Free Masons, Lodge, 1930 There you will find more inf...

An ink drawing on paper depicting owls. Solid cherry wood frame and ebony, polished and beeswaxed. Vienna, Austria circa 1920.

Willy Eisenschitz, "Provence View", "Paysage de Provence" Pastel on paper Measures: H 23" 1/2 x 30" 1/2 x 1/2" with frame H 17" 3/4 x 23" 3/4 (visibl...

Charcoal drawing by art student.

A very well executed early 19th century pastel portrait of a gentleman sitting at his desk. He is portrayed from the waist up, his left hand holding a book...