HERBERT GURSCHNER 1901-1975 SIGNED GOUACHE ON CARD - FULL PROVENANCE - SIGNED

Herbert Gurschner (1901-1975)

Landschaft (Landscape)

Signed and dated 'GURSCHNER 1934.' (lower right); signed again, inscribed and dedicated 'To Miss Adams from H. Gurschner Xmas 1959' (on the reverse)

Gouache on card

18 5/8 x 13 1/8 in. (47.3 x 33.3 cm.)

Provenance
Miss Adams, a gift from the artist, December 1959 and then Christies 30th June 2017 Lot 65 (£1370)

Condition is good aside from a small chip at top left corner, the painting is a little dusty, colour is good. The painting is unframed.

Herbert Gurschner was born in Innsbruck in 1901. In 1917, he attended the School of Arts and Crafts in Innsbruck, where he had his first solo exhibition that same year. From 1918 to 1920, he studied at the Academy of Arts in Munich, together with Wilhelm Nicolaus Prachensky. He founded the Mühlau circle of artist’s along with Ernst Nepo, Alphons Schnegg and Rudolf Lehnert. In the years between 1920 and 1925, numerous exhibitions in Innsbruck followed. In 1924, Gurschner married an English aristocrat, who connected him to circles of artists and collectors in London. In 1925, he had his first exhibitions in London and Chicago. On the last station of the circulating exhibition “Artists of Tyrol”, Gurschner was represented with six of his paintings. In the years following, he repeatedly traveled to Italy, where he was also invited to be a guest exhibitor at the biennale in Venice. Gurschner’s creative works developed into the “New Objectivity”. He had his creative breakthrough by issuing his second exhibition at the Fine Art Society in 1931. This sensational success led to acquisition of “Annunciation” by the Tate Gallery. In 1975, Herbert Gurschner died in London.

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