€240
Star Lot: Hermann Wagner (German, Contemporary b.1943 - d.2019) A very large original Hermann Wagner acrylic on canvas painting titled 'St Moritz Silvaplana'. Features the titular landscape scene. Rendered in a colour palette of autumnal yellows and shades of blues with deep brown highlights. Great achievement of texture achieved through expressive gestural brushstrokes. Portrays contrasting tones, shades, and tints exploring visual harmony and depth. Signed lower right. Titled to verso.
Wagner has sold well at auction with similar works fetching into the hundreds at Whyte's and Adam's. From John Nolan's (with whom Wagner shared a studio for many years) private collection.
MM: 125 x 90 cm
Previous in auction on 17.10.24 with Lot no. 505
Hermann Wagner was born in Germany 1943. As the son of a teacher, Wagner was encouraged to take up the study of free painting at the Nuremberg Art Academy in 1961. Soon after his studies, Wagner decided to live between two countries, six months in Germany, six months in Dublin in Ireland. Characteristic of Hermann Wagner's art are large-format paintings that occupy the space and the gaze of the viewer in a special way. He exhibited regularly throughout his lifetime both here in Ireland and his native Germany.
Wagner shared a studio with Irish artist John Nolan for many years.
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