Lot 89: Carl Duxa (1871-1937), Portrait of a Lady, Oil on Wood, c. 1900

This charming oil painting by Carl Duxa (1871-1937) was created around 1900, showing clear elements of the Art Deco style. The sensuality of the subject, the elegance in the shape and the color scheme in this painting are typical elements of this movement. This female nude is an exception in the work of the Austrian painter Carl Duxa, since he had concentrated on subjects around the peasant and petit bourgeois life.

Condition:
The small-sized panel painting is in very good condition with minor signs of age and wear. Partly slight color wear along the edges, scattered minimal color spalling and craquelure. The dimensions of the image carrier are 18.4 x 14.2 cm.

Carl Duxa (1871-1937)
The Austrian painter Carl Duxa was a son of the portrait and genre painter Alois Duxa (1843-1918). From 1888 to 1895, he studied at the Vienna Academy with Johann Mathias von Trenkwald (1824-1897). In the 1890s, he travelled to Holland and Northwestern Germany. Duxa was a member of the Vienna Künstlerhaus and a member of the artist association ‘Alte Welt’ [Old World]. In 1912, he received the Prize of the Vienna Artists' Association, Dumba.

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