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Alexander Demetrius Goltz (1857-1944) Oil on canvas Austria, 1909 This oil painting by the Austrian artist Alexander Demetrius (1857-1944) is reminiscent of Impressionist works and shows an impasto use of paint. Thin trees before a lively sky make up the foreground, with a village on the horizon. Alexander Demetrius Goltz (also Alexander Demeter Goltz) was an Austrian painter and set designer. He grew up in Vienna from 1859 as the son of a train engineer. In 1874 and 1875 he studied painting under Otto Seitz at the Munich Academy of Fine Arts. Between 1875 and 1988 Goltz was a student of Anselm Feuerbach at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts. In 1876 he first exhibited female portraits. He became a member of the Wiener Künstlerhaus in 1880. Subsequently, he undertook extensive study trips, lived in Munich from 1884 to 1888, studied in Paris under Pierre Puvis de Chavannes and settled in Vienna in 1892. He first focused on figural paintings with a historical background, later landscapes and portraits. Alexander Demetrius Goltz, who was part of the Hagenbund between 1900 and 1911, was its president from 1906 to 1907. Later, his artistic focus shifted to set design and Goltz was head of scenery and costumes at the Hofburgtheater from 1904 to 1907 and the Hofoper from 1909 to 1910. During the First World War, Goltz was a war painter in the Imperial War Press Bureau and active in the Belgian, Russian, Italian, Serbian, Albanian and Turkish war zones. From 1925 to 1929 he was president of the Association of Fine Artists in Vienna. Signature: Signed and dated lower right, ‘Goltz 909’ Frame: Very fine Impressionist frame Dimensions: 85 x 100 cm (size incl. frame); 68 x 83 cm (stretcher size) Condition: Painting and frame both in excellent condition Provenance: From an Austrian private collection Comparative auction result: CHRISTIE‘S, Orientalist Art, 19th Century European Art, New York, October 25, 2006, lot 208 (for a figural work by this artist) RefDec241018