OTTO KLAR
Pencil sketch
150mm 190mm approx
Signed
Otto Klar was born in Vienna, Austria in 1908. He studied at the Vienna Acad of Arts. Klar exhibited in Vienna,Munich and Berlin before coming to South Africa in 1939. Klar settled in Pretoria, where he painted and taught art. He was interested in local landscape and Bantu figure subjects. In 1962 Otto Klar received an Honorary Professorship conferred on him by the President of Austria.Otto Klar was a painter of confirmed ability, but one who was vacillated in his commitment to aesthetic principles.Soon after his arrival in South Africa he established a reputation by demonstrating command of the oil techniques and skill in descriptive landscape, which were well received.Otto Klar was described as “A painter of energy and strength, he could hurl thunderbolts across his canvasses.His palette – black, white, golds, oranges and reds, suggest furnaces and molten metal. His knowledgeable brush
holds promise of powerful constructions, meteoric movement and dynamic clash of forces. Yet, repeatedly a powerful initial composition is reduced to banality by the imposition of forced literary images.He passed away in Pretoria in 1994 after making his mark in the South African art world.I do not have provenance on this specific work other than it comes from a large collection with provenance.These Paintings and antiques come from collectors who have been collecting SA and Irish Art for over 25years.This large collection of top artists includes many items purchased at both local and international auctions.Some of the works are being sold on behalf of other people, and the sale price that you pay will include any commissions fees charges or other sundry costs that they may apply.....so what you bid is what you pay !!! Many of the works include items that have provenances from Sothebys ,Bonhams, Major and Minor estate sales, and letters and receipts from many previous owners. ,so you are bidding on that basis, as not all have this. You are welcome to enquire regarding individual pieces if you like, and you must do this prior to your bid being placed, because once you bid, you are accepting this as a condition of the sale, should you be the successful bidder. All of the Art that I am advertising has either been personally purchased by myself, either at auctions land or on line, or acquired at sales or taken on consignment .All work is entered in the opinion of the owner, as being from the artist listed as signed on the piece ,but may also be deemed in the style of that artist, attributed to that artist or in the manner of the artist. It is being sold as purchased, acquired, consigned, inherited and you are accepting it as this , and that it is sold to you As IS.
