FRIEDRICH ADUATZ* (Pula 1907 - 1994 Voitsberg)
Bundle of 2 drawings by Friedrich Aduatz

268-1 | Ebendorf, 1938
indian ink/paper, 28,5 x 35,5 cm
signed Aduatz, dated 1938, labelled and dated Ebendorf (1938), verso ink drawing of a lake scene

268-2 | Abstract Composition
indian ink/paper, 20,5 x 29,7 cm
monogrammed Ad

ESTIMATE °€ 300 - 500
STARTING PRICE °€ 300

Aduatz grew up in Pula, Istria, as the son of a k.u.k. police officer. The Mediterranean atmosphere influenced his artistic style, as he attended an Italian school and was inspired by ship painters at the Pula harbor. At the age of 15, Aduatz moved to Graz to study and work as a teacher while taking art classes with Wilhelm Thoeny. He became a member of both the Graz Secession and the Vienna Hagenbund in 1934 and exhibited regularly in both cities. However, the Hagenbund was dissolved in 1938, and Aduatz was banned from exhibiting his art, which was labelled as "degenerate". He was drafted into the German army in 1939 and lived in Voitsberg, Styria, with his wife. During the war, Aduatz was stationed in Italy, Czech Republic, and Slovenia. After the war, he resumed exhibiting his art publicly and participated in exhibitions in the Vienna Secession, Graz, Italy, Germany, and South America.

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