A pair of very decorative antique flower paintings in hand-crafted gilt wood frames was executed by good listed Viennese still life and flower painter Alois Zabehlicky (1883-1962), who became famous for his still-lifes with flowers and fruits in the 1900s-1940s. For comparison his similar flower oils on wood arrive always high results on international auctions of Dorotheum, Christie’s, Sotheby’s until 22000 € (source - date bank artprice.com).
Literature: "General Artist´s Lexicon " by Thieme/Becker and " Dictionary of Austrian artists " by Prof.H.Fuchs (in German).
Inscription: both signed lower right and lower left.
Technique: one is oil on canvas/cardboard , second is oil on cardboard. Both in antique hand-crafted and gold-plated wooden frames.
Measurements: each unframed w19 3/4" x h 23 5/8" (18 x 24,5 cm), each framed w 27 1/2" x h 31 1/2" (31 x 37,5 cm).
Condition: very good. |