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JOSEF BRAMER* (born 1948 in Vienna)
Evening forest, 1977
oil/board, 26,5 x 29,7 cm
monogrammed JB, dated 77

ESTIMATE € 1600 - 2600
STARTING PRICE € 1600

Josef Bramer is an Austrian artist and belongs to the second generation of the so called Phantastische Realisten (fantastic realist movement) He was born in Vienna in 1948 and spent his childhood in Scheibbs in Lower Austria. Bramer studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna. In 1971, as a graduate of the Rudolf Hausner master class, he received the master school prize. His classmates included Manfred Deix and Gottfried Helnwein. The young artist was fascinated by the painterly quality of Old Masters and spent many days in the Museum of fine arts and the Upper Belvedere during his student years in Vienna. Here he got to the bottom of their painting technique secrets and used the knowledge he gained to develop his own glazing technique on canvas with a silky matt surface. After completing his studies, Bramer initially remained as an assistant in Rudolf Hausner's master class. He then devoted himself entirely to his own painting and perfected his old master painting technique. The focus of his poetic-looking pictures is primarily the depiction of “Kaspar”. The figure, in the tradition of the court jester, holds a mirror up to the viewer and often conveys Bramer's thoughts and ideas as a stylized self-portrait of the artist. The impressions of the Mostviertel landscape and the nature of his second adopted home of Corfu also have a great influence, which he incorporates into his work in the different seasons.

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