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ROLAND STRASSER* (Vienna 1892 - 1974 in Santa Monica) - ROLAND STRASSER* (Vienna 1892 - 1974 in Santa Monica) Lady with umbrella oil/canvas, 95 x 66 cm signed Strasser ESTIMATE € 1600 - 3000 STARTING PRICE € 1600 The painter and graphic artist Roland Strasser was the son of the sculptor and painter Arthur Strasser; he first studied at the Vienna Academy with Jungwirth and from 1911 to 1915 at the Munich Academy with Angelo Jank. Little is known about his early work. Like his older brother Benjamin Strasser, who also studied painting and graphics, he was able to get a job as a war painter in the art group of the k.u.k. Kriegspressequatier (Imperial and Royal War Press Dept.). After the war, Strasser illustrated children's books and lithographed for the Society for Reproducing Art. From 1919 Roland Strasser went on study trips, e.g. to Holland, Siam, Java and New Guinea. From 1922 to 1924 he travelled to China, Mongolia and Tibet. In the autumn of 1924, Strasser settled in London and exhibited successfully in the same year. He stayed in India during the winter of 1924, and in the spring of 1925, he crossed the Kula Pass in the Himalayas towards Tibet. In 1925, he stayed again in Mongolia (Urga, today Ulaanbaatar) and undertook trips to the province of Kobdo (Khowd-Almo). There he was arrested by Russian soldiers. After his release, Strasser made his way to China; in Peking he was plundered by insurgent soldiers of Changsolin and deprived of the entire artistic result of his journey. In 1927, Strasser returned to Vienna, but immediately afterwards moved back to London, where he worked until 1952. He then moved to Santa Monica, California. Strasser is considered one of the great travelling artists and orientalist romantics of the 20th century. Works in Heeresgeschichtliches Museum (Museum of Military History), Vienna. 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.