A week ago I was bouncing around on my usual European auction haunts when I decided to try fishing for artworks with various new foreign language search terms when up pops a beautiful standing male nude by the Austrian artist Joseph Jungwirth (1869-1950). The drawing is signed and dated (18)91 and is apparently, if my math is correct, from Jungwirth’s student days at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts. He was aged 21-22 when this particular work was executed and shows what a very talented young artist he proved to be. Auction records for his works remain strong to date. I initially programmed a snipping bid for a hundred Euro’s over the start price and this morning when the first bid showed up on the listing I suddenly realized that my bid would definitely be way too low for this caliber of work and I wanted dearly to add it to my collection. I reprogrammed my bid for several more hundred Euro’s and held my breath. Fortunately I was correct (4 Euro's above the highest bid) and this beautiful drawing has a new home in my collection. Jungwirth is best known for his travels with Archduke Ferdinand of Austria and his creating several portraits for him. Towards the end of his life he is recorded as having lived in Stockholm, Sweden. During the time this drawing was executed he was studying at the Vienna Academy of Fine Art with Sigmund L’Allemand, August Eisenmenger, and Kasimir Pochwalski, all Professors at the Academy. Joseph Jungwirth worked in Vienna most of his career and was awarded a medal in Munich in 1905 and exhibited in Berlin in the same year. Enjoy!
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