Watercolor on wove paper
Austria, 1930
Ernst Huber (1895-1960) - Austrian painter and member of the Vienna Secession
Signed and dated lower right in red ‘E. Huber 30’
Sheet size: 23 x 26 cm
Very good condition
Picturesque watercolor by Ernst Huber depicting a view of a park in varying green and blue tones, complemented by brown nuances, watercolors by Huber fetch up to 11,000 Euros at international auctions

The watercolor presented here was created by Austrian painter Ernst Huber. It is dated to the year 1930 and illustrates a view of a park. Soft running, brown and green brushstrokes form trees and bushes in the image foreground, through which the blue sky appears in between. This is a very appealing, picturesque watercolor by the Austrian landscape painter Ernst Huber, who was a member of the Vienna Secession and from 1920 on also regularly took part in the Sonderbund-Exhibitions in Switzerland.



The watercolor is signed and dated lower right ‘E. Huber 30’ and is in very good condition. Verso at the upper margin three remains of mounting are visible, otherwise colors are fresh and the sheet is overall in very good condition. The sheet size is 23 x 26 cm.



Ernst Huber (1895-1960)

Ernst Huber was first trained as a typesetter in Vienna. He practiced his profession for a few years before working as a lithographer. At the same time, he attended a course by Otto Prutscher at the Vienna School of Applied Arts. Huber learned to paint as an autodidact, he exhibited his first works in 1919. They attracted the attention of Josef Hoffmann, who introduced Huber to the sculptor Gustinus Ambrosi and admitted him to the artist group ‘Kunstschau’, whose members included artists such as Gustav Klimt and Oskar Kokoschka. In 1932 Huber became a member of the Vienna Secession, in 1935 he was awarded the Austrian State Prize for painting. The artist’s initially sombre colour palette brightened gradually and finally exhibited bright and intense colours. Landscapes from Austria but also from distant lands, which he discovered during his travels, occupy a central position in Huber’s oeuvre. Works by Ernst Huber are held in the Galerie Belvedere, the Leopold Museum and the Graphische Sammlung Albertina in Vienna, as well as the Upper Austrian Landesmuseum in Linz.

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