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  • Willibald Besta (Poland,1886-1949) oil painting antique
    Dec. 22, 2024

    Willibald Besta (Poland,1886-1949) oil painting antique

    Est: $475 - $625

    ARTIST: Willibald Besta (Polish, 1886 - 1949) TITLE: Two Ladies and Flute Player MEDIUM: oil on canvas CONDITION: One repaired tear. Few small paint losses. Some craquelure. Some scattered inpaintings. ART SIZE: 24 x 20 inches / 60 x 50 cm FRAME SIZE: 29 x 25 inches / 73 x 63 cm SIGNATURE: lower right CATEGORY: old antique vintage painting for auction sale online AD: ART WANTED: Consign, Trade In, Cash Offer SKU#: 135208 US SHIPPING: $75 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Willibald Besta studied painting at the Royal Arts and Crafts School in Wroclaw with Eduard Kaempffer and Carl Ernst Morgenstern, graduated in 1906, traveled to Paris and studied at the Academie Julian. He then enrolled on May 13, 1908 at the Munich Royal Academy of Fine Arts and studied painting and graphics with Angelo Jank and later became a member of the Munich Secession. He lived in Munich and exhibited his paintings every year in the glass palace and in the fire on June 6, 1931 of which 4,000 works of art were destroyed and severely damaged, including several paintings by Besta. Together with Karl Anton Rohan, Alois Dempf and Leopold Ziegler, he campaigned for the Christian Democratic idea of the Paneuropa Union and in 1931 co-founded the journal Deutsche Europa. He published some of his pictures in the Munich weekly magazine Jugend 1921-1939. He lived 1933-1939 in his studio in Schwabing, Ainmillerstrasse 13, then moved to Berlin in 1940. There he painted the picture Rococo society in front of an orangery of the castle Sanssouci. In 1941 he returned to Schwabing with his wife and lived there until the end of his life. His resting place is on the Munich forest cemetery .

    Broward Auction Gallery LLC
  • Besta, Willibald
    Apr. 19, 2024

    Besta, Willibald

    Est: €100 -

    1866 Ratibor/Polen - 1949 München. Studium an der Breslauer Kunstakademie, in Paris an der Académie Julian und bei Angelo Jank in München. Öl/Holz. Liebespaare in Rokokokleidung in sommerlicher Parklandschaft. U.r. sign. 32,5 x 38,5 cm. (49 x 54 cm). R. Lit.: 1,14.

    Peege Auktionshaus
  • BESTA, WILLIBALD
    Feb. 14, 2021

    BESTA, WILLIBALD

    Est: €400 - €600

    (Ratibor 1866-1949 München), Rokokogesellschaft im Schloßpark. Öl auf Leinwand. Sign., ortsbezeichnet "München", nicht dat. (um 1940). 50 x 79 cm. - Gerahmt (wenige Kratzer). - Vor einer an die Orangerie bei Schloß Sanssouci angelehnten Architektur haben sich einige Personen im Rokokogewand, begleitet von Hunden, zum galanten Miteinander zusammengefunden. - Der in Breslau, Paris und München ausgebildete Maler Besta war 1940 von München nach Berlin gezogen und hatte hier ein ganz ähnliches Gemälde geschaffen. 1941 ging er nach München zurück und nahm sich hier des Sujets abermals an.

    Zisska & Lacher
  • Besta, Willibald
    Jan. 29, 2021

    Besta, Willibald

    Est: €400 - €600

    (Ratibor 1866-1949 München), Rokokogesellschaft im Schloßpark. Öl auf Leinwand. Sign., ortsbezeichnet "München", nicht dat. (um 1940). 50 x 79 cm. - Gerahmt (wenige Kratzer). - Vor einer an die Orangerie bei Schloß Sanssouci angelehnten Architektur haben sich einige Personen im Rokokogewand, begleitet von Hunden, zum galanten Miteinander zusammengefunden. - Der in Breslau, Paris und München ausgebildete Maler Besta war 1940 von München nach Berlin gezogen und hatte hier ein ganz ähnliches Gemälde geschaffen. 1941 ging er nach München zurück und nahm sich hier des Sujets abermals an.

    Zisska & Lacher
  • Besta, Willibald
    Jul. 24, 2020

    Besta, Willibald

    Est: €600 - €800

    (Ratibor 1866-1949 München), Rokokogesellschaft im Schloßpark. Öl auf Leinwand. Sign., ortsbezeichnet "München", nicht dat. (um 1940). 50 x 79 cm. - Gerahmt (wenige Kratzer). (72)

    Zisska & Lacher
  • Willibald Besta O/C, Landscape with Man on Horse
    Jan. 26, 2020

    Willibald Besta O/C, Landscape with Man on Horse

    Est: $400 - $450

    Willibald Besta (Poland/Germany, 1886-1949) oil on canvas painting depicting a European nobleman on horseback  with a hunting dog, gazing towards a group of female courtiers on a tree lined path beside a stream, fore and middle ground, a castle set against a mountain range below a cloudy blue sky, background. Signed and notated "Besta Munchen (Munich)" lower right. Housed in a molded giltwood frame. Sight - 25" H x 22 1/4" W. Framed - 32" H x 29 1/2" W. Early 20th century.

    Case Antiques, Inc. Auctions & Appraisals
  • WILLIBALD BESTA (1886-1949) OIL ON CANVAS
    Jan. 28, 2018

    WILLIBALD BESTA (1886-1949) OIL ON CANVAS

    Est: $1,400 - $1,800

    Early 20th c. Willibald Besta (1886-1949) Oil on Canvas, 19th c Castle Path Scene. Signed by the artist lower right and notated Munchen (Munich), where this oil was painted. Measures 23"x26, is unframed. Weight 2 pds. Willibald Besta studied painting at the Royal Arts and Crafts School in Wroclaw with Eduard Kaempffer and Carl Ernst Morgenstern, graduated in 1906, traveled to Paris and studied at the Académie Julian . He then enrolled on May 13, 1908 at the Munich Royal Academy of Fine Arts and studied painting and graphics with Angelo Jank and later became a member of the Munich Secession. He lived in Munich and exhibited his paintings every year in the glass palace and in the fire on June 6, 1931 of which 4,000 works of art were destroyed and severely damaged, including several paintings by Besta. Together with Karl Anton Rohan , Alois Dempf and Leopold Ziegler , he campaigned for the Christian Democratic idea of ??the Paneuropa Union and in 1931 co-founded the journal Deutsche Europa. He published some of his pictures in the Munich weekly magazine Jugend 1921-1939. He lived 1933-1939 in his studio in Schwabing , Ainmillerstrasse 13, then moved to Berlin in 1940. There he painted the picture Rococo society in front of an orangery of the castle Sanssouci . In 1941 he returned to Schwabing with his wife and lived there until the end of his life. His resting place is on the Munich forest cemetery .

    Charleston Estate Auctions
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