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PETER BREITHUT (Krems 1869 - 1930 Mannheim)

Bundle of three etchings

Rocks in the forest
etching/paper 8,9 x 7,8 cm
signed P. Breithut

Coastline
etching/paper 8,9 x 7,8 cm
signed P. Breithut

Concarneau 346
etching/paper 8,9 x 7,8 cm

SCHÄTZPREIS / ESTIMATE °€ 100 - 200
STARTPREIS / STARTING PRICE °€ 100

Peter Breithut was an Austrian artist. Until 1913/1914, he worked primarily as a medalist, after which he turned to painting and graphics. Breithut received training as a goldsmith, in 1887/1888 he attended a special course in chasing art at the Vienna School of Arts and Crafts with S. Schwarz, and in 1897/1998 he briefly studied sculpture at the Vienna Academy with E. Hellmer. After studying in France in 1912 and 1913, he worked primarily as a painter and graphic artist. From 1902 to 1921, he was a member of the Vienna Künstlerhaus, and until 1914 he also exhibited at the Vienna Secession. From 1920 to 1930, Breithut was a member of the Hagenbund, a memorial exhibition with watercolours and portrait drawings was organized there for him in 1930. He was married to the painter Eugenie Breithut-Munk. Portrait medal selection: “Archduke Franz Salvator”, “Kaspar von Zumbusch”, “Court actress Babette Devrient”. Some of his works are included in the collections of Albertina, Vienna Museum, coin cabinet of the Vienna Art History Museum, medal collection Museum Francisco Carolinum Linz. Further artists and styles: Lithography, watercolour, oil painting, landscape, mountains, mountains, etching, Christian Ludwig Attersee, Franz Barwig der Ältere, Wander Bertoni, Max Domenig, Adolf Frohner, Bruno Gironcoli, Zaha Hadid, Anton Hanak, Matthias Herrmann, Wolfgang Hutter, Martha Jungwirth, Erika Giovanna Klien, Gustav Klimt, Hans Knesl, Oskar Kokoschka, Brigitte Kowanz, Maria Lassnig, Bertold Löffler, Dorit Margreiter, Koloman Moser, Oswald Oberhuber, Michael Powolny, Pipilotti Rist, Gerwald Rockenschaub, Hans Schabus, Eva Schlegel, Vivienne Westwood, Eduard Josef Wimmer-Wisgrill, Erwin Wurm, Otto Zitko, Johann Georg Platzer, Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller, Friedrich von Amerling, Otto Wagner, Eduard Ameseder, Carl O’Lynch of Town, Richard Gerstl, Max Domenig, Robin Christian Andersen, Egon Schiele, Paul Kassecker, Hans Kneslm Heinz Leinfellner, Rudolf Hausner, Joannis Avramidis, Maximilian Melcher, Alfred Hrdlicka, Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Arik Brauer, Wolfgang Hollegha, Anton Lehmden, Josef Mikl, Ernst Fuchs, Armin Pramstaller, Cornelius Kolig, Meina Schellander, Franz West, Gottfried Helnwein, Manfred Deix, Heimo Zobernig, Gunter Damisch, Daniel Richter, Monica Bonvicini, dorit Margreiter, Herbert Boeckl, Josef Dobrowsky, Albert Paris Gütersloh, Willy Eisenschitz

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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 ° at the estimate), a premium of 24% is added to the highest bid. The mandatory sales tax is added to the sum of the highest bid and the buyer's premium. This amounts to 13% for paintings, drawings, graphic works and sculptures and 20% for photographs and all other items.
The buyer's premium amounts to 28% in case of differential taxation. The sales tax is included in the differential taxation.