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Karl Mediz (Vienna 1868 - 1945 Dresden) Birches, 1894 mixed media/paper 30,3 x 45,1 cm signed K. Mediz, dated März 1894 SCHÄTZPREIS / ESTIMATE °€ 800 - 1600 STARTPREIS / STARTING PRICE °€ 800 Karl Mediz studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna under Christian Griepenkerl and with teachers such as Fritz L’Allemand and Alexander Demetrius Goltz, before continuing his training at the Academy in Munich and at the Académie Julian in Paris. He drew further artistic inspiration from the circles of Theodor von Hörmann, Fritz von Uhde and Franz von Lenbach. He spent time in the Dachau artists’ colony and developed a body of work that oscillates between landscape depiction and a Symbolist approach to imagery. As a member of the Hagenbund, Mediz was in close contact with the Viennese art scene, which was also shaped by the critic Ludwig Hevesi. His work, which can be classified as Symbolist and shows echoes of Ferdinand Hodler and Giovanni Segantini, combines a stylised conception of nature with allegorical content. Numerous journeys took him to Hungary and Italy, particularly Rome, whilst stays in Berlin also influenced his artistic development. From 1894 onwards, he lived in Dresden. Mediz was married to the painter Emilie Mediz-Pelikan; their daughter was the artist Gertrude Honzatko-Mediz. 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 ° at the estimate), a premium of 24% is added to the highest bid. The mandatory sales tax is added to the sum of the highest bid and the buyer's premium. This amounts to 13% for paintings, drawings, graphic works and sculptures and 20% for photographs and all other items. The buyer's premium amounts to 28% in case of differential taxation. The sales tax is included in the differential taxation.