Otto Erich Wagner

1895		Born in Klepacov-Blansko, Moravia
1919 - 1923		Attends teachers' college in Vienna
1922 - 1924		Matriculates at Viennese arts and crafts school, attends classes taught by Franz Cizek and Rudolf Larisch
1925		Participates in international arts and crafts exhibition in Paris; after Cizek retires, Cizek's successor Ceno Kosak continues to employ Wagner, who simultaneously also teaches at Franz-Josephs-Realgymnasium in Vienna
1944/45		Is punished by being sent to fight in Yugoslavia
1949		Returns from incarceration as prisoner-of-war, becomes member of Viennese Secession and is active thereafter as freelance artist
1979		Otto Erich Wagner dies in Vienna

Picture Description

OTTO ERICH WAGNER
1. The Battle between the Hard and the Soft II, 1923, 45,0 x 31,2 cm, black chalk, titled, signed and dated

2. Plants study, 1924, pencil, charcoal on paper.

43.7 to 23.9 cm, dated and signed

3. Promenading Dames, around 1923,

Gouache, 17 to 21 cm, estates note

of the niece verso

4. "Rhythm of letters", around 1925, black chalk.

Signed and titled. 27 to 39.5cm

5. Church, kinetic, around 1921. Monotype, estate stamp.

Verso alternative version. 30 to 22 cm