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    • EUGENE BIEL (Vienna, Austria, 1902- Nashville, Tennessee, USA, 1969). "Still life of flowers", 1952. Oil on canvas. Signed in the lower left corner. Signed and dated on the back.
      Oct. 16, 2023

      EUGENE BIEL (Vienna, Austria, 1902- Nashville, Tennessee, USA, 1969). "Still life of flowers", 1952. Oil on canvas. Signed in the lower left corner. Signed and dated on the back.

      Est: €3,000 - €3,500

      EUGENE BIEL (Vienna, Austria, 1902 - Nashville, Tennessee, USA, 1969). "Still Life with Flowers, 1952. Oil on canvas. Signed in the lower left corner. Signed and dated on the back. Size: 114.5 x 153.5 cm. Eugene Biel-Bienne was a standard-bearer of the Viennese school of expressionism, one of the most outstanding aspects of this artistic current. He was close to artists such as Gustav Klimt and Egon Schiele. His life is fundamental to understanding his work. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts at the University of Vienna and completed a doctorate in art history at the University of Cologne. Vienna, awash with intellectual fervour, was fast becoming an unrivalled centre of cultural activity. Freud, Mahler, Klimt, Loos, Meis van der Rohe, Hoffman, Herzl, Schoenberg and others were creating new schools of thought in fields such as psychoanalysis, linguistic philosophy, music, art. He actually began his career as a painter in Paris, where he became associated with the Paris School in the 1930s and became interested in Sigmund Freud's theories of psychoanalysis. Only six years later he held his first solo exhibition. In addition, during his time in Paris, Biel became interested in the work of Kandinksy and began to experiment on his own with the lines of the abstract movement (which he insisted on during his stay in the USA). As a teenager he suffered the consequences of the terrifying disaster of the First World War, and served in the French army during the Second World War. This war was particularly close to his heart, as he lost his two sons and his wife was disabled when the car they were in was machine-gunned. They had to be evacuated from France, and left for New York. Subsequently, he also spent a few years in Caracas (Venezuela). He continued to paint for most of his life, and his paintings were exhibited in galleries and museums all over the world. These tragic events conditioned his work, which is full of suggestive drawings that portray the darkness and pessimism that inhabited his inner self. This work is dated 1952, ten years after his arrival in the USA. It depicts two vases with flowers that stand out for their saturated, contrasting colours against a dark background. It is a painting of rapid, loose brushstrokes, very impastoed and material, allowing itself to be carried away by the expression of the artist's feelings and sensitivity, a maxim of the movement to which it belongs. Each brushstroke is expressive in itself. It is a very personal work, which shows his tormented spirit.

      Setdart Auction House
    • EGON VITALIS BIEL* (1902 Vienna – 1969 Nashville)
      May. 22, 2023

      EGON VITALIS BIEL* (1902 Vienna – 1969 Nashville)

      Est: €50 - €100

      EGON VITALIS BIEL* (1902 Vienna – 1969 Nashville) Raskolnikow, 1923 woodcut/paper, 41 x 27 cm signed Egon Biel, dated 1923, inscribed Dostojewski Raskolnikov ESTIMATE € 50 - 100 STARTING PRICE € 50 Egon Vitalis Biel-Bienne was a painter, illustrator and writer. He studied art history with Dworák and Strzygowski for four semesters, but was otherwise self-taught. Biel-Bienne had his studio on the Kohlmarkt, and he exhibited illustrations for Gogol and Puschkin in the Hagenbund; In 1936 he organized a collective exhibition in the glass house in the Burggarten ("Human Characters and Passions"), presenting himself as one of the most idiosyncratic of Vienna's younger painters. In 1938 Biel-Bienne emigrated to France and in 1942 to the USA; 1952 professor at Fordham University (New York), 1953-1959 director of the French-American Cultural Institute; from 1959 he taught at Vanderbilt University in Nashville. PLEASE NOTE: The purchase price consists of the highest bid plus the buyer's premium, sales tax and, if applicable, the fee of artists resale rights. In the case of normal taxation (marked °), a premium of 24% is added to the highest bid. The mandatory sales tax of 13%, for photographys 20%, is added to the sum of the highest bid and the buyer's premium. The buyer's premium amounts to 28% in case of differential taxation. The sales tax is included in the differential taxation.

      Widder Auctions
    • Eugene Biel-Bienne (Austrian/American, 1902-1969)
      Apr. 14, 2019

      Eugene Biel-Bienne (Austrian/American, 1902-1969)

      Est: $600 - $800

      Eugene Biel-Bienne (Austrian/American, 1902-1969), "Untitled", 3 watercolors on paper, each monogrammed lower margin, each 24 in. x 18 in., framed alike. (3 pcs.). Provenance: Natchez Art Association. Note: Eugene Biel-Bienne was born in Vienna, Austria in 1902. He was an avid student, eventually earning a PhD in Art History at the University of Cologne. He split his time primarily between Paris and Vienna, two thriving cultural havens particularly in the first half of the twentieth century. In 1936, Biel-Bienne had a show at the prestigious Wildenstein in Paris. The exhibit was a resounding success with local Parisian publication, La Liberté, exclaiming: “Biel’s fecundity and imagination equal Picasso’s: his intensity too. One thinks also of the great tradition, of Daumier, of Forain; but one realizes soon that one is confronted with a unique artist.” His strong association with the Paris School, Wassily Kandinsky in particular, certainly influenced his own art as is evidenced in the trio of watercolors offered here where form and figure are suggested through a series of quick and emotive brushstrokes. An outspoken critic of the Nazis in World War II, Biel-Bienne would air his furious commentary through the radio and was thus forced to flee Austria for Paris, then subsequently Paris for the United States, where he taught classes at several prestigious institutions including Fordham University, Parsons School of Design, and finally Vanderbilt University. When applying to Vanderbilt, his application included letters of recommendation from such luminaries as Pablo Picasso, Fernand Léger, and Marc Chagall. Ref.: Guider, John. “Biel-Bienne | The Forgotten Master.” Nashville Arts Magazine. May 25, 2017. www.nashvillearts.com. Accessed Mar. 21, 2019.

      Neal Auction Company
    • Eugene Biel Bienne Drawing
      Aug. 05, 2017

      Eugene Biel Bienne Drawing

      Est: $350 - $450

      Eugene (Egon Vitalis) Biel Bienne (Austria/New York/Nashville, 1902-1969) ink on paper expressionistic drawing depicting a figure with both a female and male profile. Monogram signed "E" lower right. Unframed. 24" H x 18" W. Provenance: The estate of Dr. Benjamin H. Caldwell, Nashville, Tennessee. Biography: Eugene (Egon Vitalis) Biel Bienne is known as a painter, illustrator, etcher, lithographer, writer and teacher. For a complete biography, see the excellent article in NashvilleArts Magazine: http://nashvillearts.com/2010/06/biel-bienne-the-forgotten-master/ . (Additional high-resolution photos are available at www.caseantiques.com)

      Case Antiques, Inc. Auctions & Appraisals
    • Modern & Contemporary Art Work by Egon VITALIS
      Oct. 07, 2009

      Modern & Contemporary Art Work by Egon VITALIS

      Est: €200 - €300

      Modern & Contemporary Art Work by Egon VITALIS BIEL

      Dorotheum
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