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WILHELM LEGLER (Pisino 1875 - 1951 Stillfried) - WILHELM LEGLER (Pisino 1875 - 1951 Stillfried) Flower still life with scarf oil/canvas, 54 x 48 cm signed W. Legler, verso label Wilhelm Legler, Blumenstillleben mit Schal ESTIMATE € 1000 - 1500 STARTING PRICE € 1000 From 1897, the Austrian painter Wilhelm Legler studied at the Academy of Fine Arts with Carl Moll and from 1899 to 1906 at Stuttgart with Robert Poetzelberger, Leopold von Kalckreuth and Adolf Hoezel as well as etching with Alexander Eckener. From 1906, Legler was mainly active in Vienna and Linz, later also in Dimburg and Stillfried an der March. From 1929, he lived and worked mainly in Vienna, where he was a member of the Wiener Kuenstlerhaus from 1914. During his time in Stuttgart he created numerous etchings. Artistically influenced by Carl Moll until about 1915, he increasingly turned to landscape painting and mainly painted landscapes of the Marchland. His works were u. a. Exhibited at the Vienna Art Show in 1908 and at the International Art Show in Vienna in 1909. In April 1945, Legler's home and artistic work in Vienna were destroyed by a bomb attack. His works can be found in the Albertina in Vienna, in the Belvedere and in the Lower Austrian State Museum in St. Poelten. Legler's first marriage was to Margarete Schindler (1880-1942), a stepdaughter of his teacher Carl Moll and sister of Alma Mahler. Drasche Prize 1915, Ehrenmedaille der Stadt Wien (Medal of Honour of the City of Vienna) 1931, Staatspreis (State Prize) 1933 and 1935. Preis der Stadt Wien (Prize of the City of Vienna), 1938. 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.