Aquatint color etching on wove paper
Austria, around 1990
Ernst Fuchs (born 1930) - Austrian painter, architect, graphic designer and musician; Founder of the Vienna School of Fantastic Realism
All sheets signed lower right and numbered left
Graphic works by Ernst Fuchs fetch up to 9,000 euros at international auctions
Overall dimensions framed: 44.5 x 31 cm to 58 x 42.5 cm
Good condition

This lot includes 3 color aquatint etchings by Austrian artist Ernst Fuchs. One work shows a female nude with red turban standing in front of a shrub, her arms raised growing together with the crown of the plant, numbered 139/150, inscribed in center below. Another work shows a surreal landscape over creeping things, numbered 172/120. The third etching depicts a reclining female from behind on waves in mountain landscape, numbered 114/216, verso with adhesive label by art dealer Puri in Kassel.



All three etchings are signed and numbered. The sheets are overall in good condition with only slight signs of wear, one sheet with occasional foxing. The image dimensions are 17.5 x 15 cm to 35 x 25.5 cm. The framed dimensions 44.5 x 31 cm to 58 x 42.5 cm.



Ernst Fuchs (born 1930)

Already as a pupil, Ernst Fuchs obtained instruction in painting and sculpting from his parents’ friends and began his studies at the age of 15 at the Viennese Akademie der Bildenden Künste under Albert Paris von Gütersloh. Between 1950 and 1962 Fuchs travelled a lot and exhibited in various countries, until he returned to Vienna in 1962 as a professor. There he grew to be one of the main representatives of the Vienna School of Fantastic Realism, whose founder was his teacher, von Gütersloh. Even though it was inspired by Surrealism, Phantastic Realism orientated itself more and more towards the technical perfection of the Old Masters and is less abstract than Surrealism. Fuchs’ themes include mystical-religious and erotic subjects.

Apart from his graphic oeuvre, Fuchs worked as a stage designer, costume designer, architect and singer. His buildings are characterized by ornaments and colors. The Otto-Wagner-Villa modified by Fuchs is today the Ernst-Fuchs-Museum. Fuchs’ works are shown internationally in different retrospectives. In 2004 he received the First Class Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art. (cru)

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