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Painter, b. 1933 - d. 2020

Robert Hammerstiel (born 18 February 1933 in Vršac, Kingdom of Yugoslavia) is an Austrian painter and engraver. Hammerstiel is internationally recognized through numerous awards. He is also an honorary member of the Vojvodinian Academy of Sciences and Art. He is the author of "Von Ikonen und Ratten: Eine Banater Kindheit 1939 - 1949. With 32 woodcuts. Brandstaetter: Vienna, 1999; und illustrater of several books including "Des Bischofs Kleid" by Luisa Owens (2013).

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  • HAMMERSTIEL, Robert (*18.02.1933 Werschetz/ Vršac †23.11.2020 Neunkirchen),
    Aug. 08, 2026

    HAMMERSTIEL, Robert (*18.02.1933 Werschetz/ Vršac †23.11.2020 Neunkirchen),

    Est: -

    HAMMERSTIEL, Robert (*18.02.1933 Werschetz/ Vršac †23.11.2020 Neunkirchen), Holzschnitt, Abstrakte Person, unten links drucksigniert u num 53/ 200, ca. 70 x 50 cm

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  • Robert F. Hammerstiel
    Jun. 20, 2026

    Robert F. Hammerstiel

    Est: €30 - €300

    Robert F. Hammerstiel 1957 Pottschach, Austria - "Lucky Feed" - (1998) C-Print on aluminum. 50 x 50 cm. Inscribed on the reverse: from: "Lucky Feed", 1998 / Edition: Stadtgalerie Saarbrücken / L. A. Galerie / 17/30 / Robert F. Hammerstiel. Original cassette.

    Das Kunst- und Auktionshaus Kastern GmbH & Co KG
  • ROBERT HAMMERSTIEL: BEWEGENDER BESUCH
    Jun. 16, 2026

    ROBERT HAMMERSTIEL: BEWEGENDER BESUCH

    Est: €3,000 - €6,000

    Robert Hammerstiel Bewegender Besuch 2019 acrylic on canvas; unframed 70 x 80 cm monogrammed on the lower right: RH inscribed, signed and dated on the reverse: Bewegender Besuch, Hammerstiel, 2019 private property, Vienna private property, Vienna Artist's Resale Rights Applies differential taxation

    Auction House im Kinsky
  • Robert Hammerstiel* (Werschetz 1933 - 2020 Neunkirchen)
    May. 28, 2026

    Robert Hammerstiel* (Werschetz 1933 - 2020 Neunkirchen)

    Est: €60 - €100

    Robert Hammerstiel* (Werschetz 1933 - 2020 Neunkirchen) Kitty woodcut/paper 21,2 x 10,4 cm signed Hammerstiel, inscribed Handdruck numbered 16/40 SCHÄTZPREIS / ESTIMATE °€ 60 - 100 STARTPREIS / STARTING PRICE °€ 60 Robert Hammerstiel grew up as the child of a Banat Swabian family in the Serbian quarter of Werschetz. His father had a bakery and painted on the side. In November 1944 Robert Hammerstiel was interned in several camps with his brother Alfred and his mother (his father was in the military) under miserable conditions. In August 1947 Robert Hammerstiel managed to escape with his mother and brother via Hungary to Lower Austria. From 1949 to 1953 he learned a trade in a bakery in Pottschach. From 1955 he worked in the steelworks in Ternitz. After his hands were burned, he was transferred to the archives in 1979. Hammerstiel had drawn and painted autodidactically from an early age. In addition to depicting motifs from his environment, Hammerstiel, who saw himself as a "survivor of many dead," began to come to terms with his traumatic childhood experiences in the late 1960s. In 1958, Hammerstiel won a sponsorship award from the Austrian Federation of Trade Unions at the exhibition "Talents Awakened - Talents Discovered." 1959-1961 he attended several seminars with Gerda Matejka-Felden in Vienna. In 1963-1966 he studied in further art seminars of the trade union federation with Robert Schmidt, who drew Hammerstiel's attention to woodcut. Other teachers were Gerhard and August Swoboda. In 1968 he took part in an art seminar in Recklinghausen and exhibited there. From about 1972 Hammerstiel occupied himself with biblical themes, especially in woodcuts. From 1975 he participated in several international art symposiums, near Mostar, in Prilep, Macedonia and several times in Budapest. Since 1968 Hammerstiel exhibited nationally and internationally. In 1985 he was awarded the title of professor by the Federal President Rudolf Kirchschläger. In 1988 Hammerstiel took early retirement, but remained active as a freelance artist. A trip to New York in 1988 was decisive for Hammerstiel's subsequent new phase of work. He turned to Pop Art, belatedly in terms of art history. He rediscovered color and radically simplified forms. He depicted spaces in a new way, dispensing with everything incidental. From then on, his work was characterized by a vivid colorfulness and a radical, striking reduction of form. In 2007, the Ringturm in Vienna was covered by a monumental work by Hammerstiel that showed the stations of his life. 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.

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  • Robert Hammerstiel* (Werschetz 1933 - 2020 Neunkirchen)
    May. 28, 2026

    Robert Hammerstiel* (Werschetz 1933 - 2020 Neunkirchen)

    Est: €80 - €100

    Robert Hammerstiel* (Werschetz 1933 - 2020 Neunkirchen) The mother's light woodcut/paper 15 x 10,4 cm signed Hammerstiel, inscribed Handdruck Das Licht der Mutter SCHÄTZPREIS / ESTIMATE °€ 80 - 100 STARTPREIS / STARTING PRICE °€ 80 Robert Hammerstiel grew up as the child of a Banat Swabian family in the Serbian quarter of Werschetz. His father had a bakery and painted on the side. In November 1944 Robert Hammerstiel was interned in several camps with his brother Alfred and his mother (his father was in the military) under miserable conditions. In August 1947 Robert Hammerstiel managed to escape with his mother and brother via Hungary to Lower Austria. From 1949 to 1953 he learned a trade in a bakery in Pottschach. From 1955 he worked in the steelworks in Ternitz. After his hands were burned, he was transferred to the archives in 1979. Hammerstiel had drawn and painted autodidactically from an early age. In addition to depicting motifs from his environment, Hammerstiel, who saw himself as a "survivor of many dead," began to come to terms with his traumatic childhood experiences in the late 1960s. In 1958, Hammerstiel won a sponsorship award from the Austrian Federation of Trade Unions at the exhibition "Talents Awakened - Talents Discovered." 1959-1961 he attended several seminars with Gerda Matejka-Felden in Vienna. In 1963-1966 he studied in further art seminars of the trade union federation with Robert Schmidt, who drew Hammerstiel's attention to woodcut. Other teachers were Gerhard and August Swoboda. In 1968 he took part in an art seminar in Recklinghausen and exhibited there. From about 1972 Hammerstiel occupied himself with biblical themes, especially in woodcuts. From 1975 he participated in several international art symposiums, near Mostar, in Prilep, Macedonia and several times in Budapest. Since 1968 Hammerstiel exhibited nationally and internationally. In 1985 he was awarded the title of professor by the Federal President Rudolf Kirchschläger. In 1988 Hammerstiel took early retirement, but remained active as a freelance artist. A trip to New York in 1988 was decisive for Hammerstiel's subsequent new phase of work. He turned to Pop Art, belatedly in terms of art history. He rediscovered color and radically simplified forms. He depicted spaces in a new way, dispensing with everything incidental. From then on, his work was characterized by a vivid colorfulness and a radical, striking reduction of form. In 2007, the Ringturm in Vienna was covered by a monumental work by Hammerstiel that showed the stations of his life. 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.

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  • Robert Hammerstiel* (Werschetz 1933 - 2020 Neunkirchen)
    May. 28, 2026

    Robert Hammerstiel* (Werschetz 1933 - 2020 Neunkirchen)

    Est: €60 - €100

    Robert Hammerstiel* (Werschetz 1933 - 2020 Neunkirchen) The waiting ones woodcut/paper 14 x 10,2 cm signed Hammerstiel, inscribed Handdruck numbered 14/14 SCHÄTZPREIS / ESTIMATE °€ 60 - 100 STARTPREIS / STARTING PRICE °€ 60 Robert Hammerstiel grew up as the child of a Banat Swabian family in the Serbian quarter of Werschetz. His father had a bakery and painted on the side. In November 1944 Robert Hammerstiel was interned in several camps with his brother Alfred and his mother (his father was in the military) under miserable conditions. In August 1947 Robert Hammerstiel managed to escape with his mother and brother via Hungary to Lower Austria. From 1949 to 1953 he learned a trade in a bakery in Pottschach. From 1955 he worked in the steelworks in Ternitz. After his hands were burned, he was transferred to the archives in 1979. Hammerstiel had drawn and painted autodidactically from an early age. In addition to depicting motifs from his environment, Hammerstiel, who saw himself as a "survivor of many dead," began to come to terms with his traumatic childhood experiences in the late 1960s. In 1958, Hammerstiel won a sponsorship award from the Austrian Federation of Trade Unions at the exhibition "Talents Awakened - Talents Discovered." 1959-1961 he attended several seminars with Gerda Matejka-Felden in Vienna. In 1963-1966 he studied in further art seminars of the trade union federation with Robert Schmidt, who drew Hammerstiel's attention to woodcut. Other teachers were Gerhard and August Swoboda. In 1968 he took part in an art seminar in Recklinghausen and exhibited there. From about 1972 Hammerstiel occupied himself with biblical themes, especially in woodcuts. From 1975 he participated in several international art symposiums, near Mostar, in Prilep, Macedonia and several times in Budapest. Since 1968 Hammerstiel exhibited nationally and internationally. In 1985 he was awarded the title of professor by the Federal President Rudolf Kirchschläger. In 1988 Hammerstiel took early retirement, but remained active as a freelance artist. A trip to New York in 1988 was decisive for Hammerstiel's subsequent new phase of work. He turned to Pop Art, belatedly in terms of art history. He rediscovered color and radically simplified forms. He depicted spaces in a new way, dispensing with everything incidental. From then on, his work was characterized by a vivid colorfulness and a radical, striking reduction of form. In 2007, the Ringturm in Vienna was covered by a monumental work by Hammerstiel that showed the stations of his life. 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.

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  • Robert Hammerstiel* (Werschetz 1933 - 2020 Neunkirchen)
    May. 28, 2026

    Robert Hammerstiel* (Werschetz 1933 - 2020 Neunkirchen)

    Est: €400 - €600

    Robert Hammerstiel* (Werschetz 1933 - 2020 Neunkirchen) Every day is All Souls' Day bundle of 8 woodcuts c. 34,5 x 23 cm signed Hammerstiel, inscribed Handdruck numbered 13/15 SCHÄTZPREIS / ESTIMATE °€ 400 - 600 STARTPREIS / STARTING PRICE °€ 400 Robert Hammerstiel grew up as the child of a Banat Swabian family in the Serbian quarter of Werschetz. His father had a bakery and painted on the side. In November 1944 Robert Hammerstiel was interned in several camps with his brother Alfred and his mother (his father was in the military) under miserable conditions. In August 1947 Robert Hammerstiel managed to escape with his mother and brother via Hungary to Lower Austria. From 1949 to 1953 he learned a trade in a bakery in Pottschach. From 1955 he worked in the steelworks in Ternitz. After his hands were burned, he was transferred to the archives in 1979. Hammerstiel had drawn and painted autodidactically from an early age. In addition to depicting motifs from his environment, Hammerstiel, who saw himself as a "survivor of many dead," began to come to terms with his traumatic childhood experiences in the late 1960s. In 1958, Hammerstiel won a sponsorship award from the Austrian Federation of Trade Unions at the exhibition "Talents Awakened - Talents Discovered." 1959-1961 he attended several seminars with Gerda Matejka-Felden in Vienna. In 1963-1966 he studied in further art seminars of the trade union federation with Robert Schmidt, who drew Hammerstiel's attention to woodcut. Other teachers were Gerhard and August Swoboda. In 1968 he took part in an art seminar in Recklinghausen and exhibited there. From about 1972 Hammerstiel occupied himself with biblical themes, especially in woodcuts. From 1975 he participated in several international art symposiums, near Mostar, in Prilep, Macedonia and several times in Budapest. Since 1968 Hammerstiel exhibited nationally and internationally. In 1985 he was awarded the title of professor by the Federal President Rudolf Kirchschläger. In 1988 Hammerstiel took early retirement, but remained active as a freelance artist. A trip to New York in 1988 was decisive for Hammerstiel's subsequent new phase of work. He turned to Pop Art, belatedly in terms of art history. He rediscovered color and radically simplified forms. He depicted spaces in a new way, dispensing with everything incidental. From then on, his work was characterized by a vivid colorfulness and a radical, striking reduction of form. In 2007, the Ringturm in Vienna was covered by a monumental work by Hammerstiel that showed the stations of his life. 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.

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  • Robert Hammerstiel* (Werschetz 1933 - 2020 Neunkirchen)
    May. 28, 2026

    Robert Hammerstiel* (Werschetz 1933 - 2020 Neunkirchen)

    Est: €2,000 - €3,000

    Robert Hammerstiel* (Werschetz 1933 - 2020 Neunkirchen) Flowering lilac oil/canvas 100 x 69,5 cm monogrammed RH SCHÄTZPREIS / ESTIMATE € 2000 - 3000 STARTPREIS / STARTING PRICE € 2000 Robert Hammerstiel grew up as the child of a Banat Swabian family in the Serbian quarter of Werschetz. His father had a bakery and painted on the side. In November 1944 Robert Hammerstiel was interned in several camps with his brother Alfred and his mother (his father was in the military) under miserable conditions. In August 1947 Robert Hammerstiel managed to escape with his mother and brother via Hungary to Lower Austria. From 1949 to 1953 he learned a trade in a bakery in Pottschach. From 1955 he worked in the steelworks in Ternitz. After his hands were burned, he was transferred to the archives in 1979. Hammerstiel had drawn and painted autodidactically from an early age. In addition to depicting motifs from his environment, Hammerstiel, who saw himself as a "survivor of many dead," began to come to terms with his traumatic childhood experiences in the late 1960s. In 1958, Hammerstiel won a sponsorship award from the Austrian Federation of Trade Unions at the exhibition "Talents Awakened - Talents Discovered." 1959-1961 he attended several seminars with Gerda Matejka-Felden in Vienna. In 1963-1966 he studied in further art seminars of the trade union federation with Robert Schmidt, who drew Hammerstiel's attention to woodcut. Other teachers were Gerhard and August Swoboda. In 1968 he took part in an art seminar in Recklinghausen and exhibited there. From about 1972 Hammerstiel occupied himself with biblical themes, especially in woodcuts. From 1975 he participated in several international art symposiums, near Mostar, in Prilep, Macedonia and several times in Budapest. Since 1968 Hammerstiel exhibited nationally and internationally. In 1985 he was awarded the title of professor by the Federal President Rudolf Kirchschläger. In 1988 Hammerstiel took early retirement, but remained active as a freelance artist. A trip to New York in 1988 was decisive for Hammerstiel's subsequent new phase of work. He turned to Pop Art, belatedly in terms of art history. He rediscovered color and radically simplified forms. He depicted spaces in a new way, dispensing with everything incidental. From then on, his work was characterized by a vivid colorfulness and a radical, striking reduction of form. In 2007, the Ringturm in Vienna was covered by a monumental work by Hammerstiel that showed the stations of his life. 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.

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  • Robert Hammerstiel* (Werschetz 1933 - 2020 Neunkirchen)
    May. 28, 2026

    Robert Hammerstiel* (Werschetz 1933 - 2020 Neunkirchen)

    Est: €2,000 - €3,000

    Robert Hammerstiel* (Werschetz 1933 - 2020 Neunkirchen) Conversation by the window oil/canvas 60 x 60 cm monogrammed RH SCHÄTZPREIS / ESTIMATE € 2000 - 3000 STARTPREIS / STARTING PRICE € 2000 Robert Hammerstiel grew up as the child of a Banat Swabian family in the Serbian quarter of Werschetz. His father had a bakery and painted on the side. In November 1944 Robert Hammerstiel was interned in several camps with his brother Alfred and his mother (his father was in the military) under miserable conditions. In August 1947 Robert Hammerstiel managed to escape with his mother and brother via Hungary to Lower Austria. From 1949 to 1953 he learned a trade in a bakery in Pottschach. From 1955 he worked in the steelworks in Ternitz. After his hands were burned, he was transferred to the archives in 1979. Hammerstiel had drawn and painted autodidactically from an early age. In addition to depicting motifs from his environment, Hammerstiel, who saw himself as a "survivor of many dead," began to come to terms with his traumatic childhood experiences in the late 1960s. In 1958, Hammerstiel won a sponsorship award from the Austrian Federation of Trade Unions at the exhibition "Talents Awakened - Talents Discovered." 1959-1961 he attended several seminars with Gerda Matejka-Felden in Vienna. In 1963-1966 he studied in further art seminars of the trade union federation with Robert Schmidt, who drew Hammerstiel's attention to woodcut. Other teachers were Gerhard and August Swoboda. In 1968 he took part in an art seminar in Recklinghausen and exhibited there. From about 1972 Hammerstiel occupied himself with biblical themes, especially in woodcuts. From 1975 he participated in several international art symposiums, near Mostar, in Prilep, Macedonia and several times in Budapest. Since 1968 Hammerstiel exhibited nationally and internationally. In 1985 he was awarded the title of professor by the Federal President Rudolf Kirchschläger. In 1988 Hammerstiel took early retirement, but remained active as a freelance artist. A trip to New York in 1988 was decisive for Hammerstiel's subsequent new phase of work. He turned to Pop Art, belatedly in terms of art history. He rediscovered color and radically simplified forms. He depicted spaces in a new way, dispensing with everything incidental. From then on, his work was characterized by a vivid colorfulness and a radical, striking reduction of form. In 2007, the Ringturm in Vienna was covered by a monumental work by Hammerstiel that showed the stations of his life. 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.

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  • Robert Hammerstiel* (Werschetz 1933 - 2020 Neunkirchen)
    Mar. 25, 2026

    Robert Hammerstiel* (Werschetz 1933 - 2020 Neunkirchen)

    Est: €150 - €300

    Robert Hammerstiel* (Werschetz 1933 - 2020 Neunkirchen) In the forest, 1992 color woodcut/paper 59 x 40 cm signed Hammerstiel, dated 92 numbered 3/4 SCHÄTZPREIS / ESTIMATE °€ 150 - 300 STARTPREIS / STARTING PRICE °€ 150 Robert Hammerstiel grew up as the child of a Banat Swabian family in the Serbian quarter of Werschetz. His father had a bakery and painted on the side. In November 1944 Robert Hammerstiel was interned in several camps with his brother Alfred and his mother (his father was in the military) under miserable conditions. In August 1947 Robert Hammerstiel managed to escape with his mother and brother via Hungary to Lower Austria. From 1949 to 1953 he learned a trade in a bakery in Pottschach. From 1955 he worked in the steelworks in Ternitz. After his hands were burned, he was transferred to the archives in 1979. Hammerstiel had drawn and painted autodidactically from an early age. In addition to depicting motifs from his environment, Hammerstiel, who saw himself as a "survivor of many dead," began to come to terms with his traumatic childhood experiences in the late 1960s. In 1958, Hammerstiel won a sponsorship award from the Austrian Federation of Trade Unions at the exhibition "Talents Awakened - Talents Discovered." 1959-1961 he attended several seminars with Gerda Matejka-Felden in Vienna. In 1963-1966 he studied in further art seminars of the trade union federation with Robert Schmidt, who drew Hammerstiel's attention to woodcut. Other teachers were Gerhard and August Swoboda. In 1968 he took part in an art seminar in Recklinghausen and exhibited there. From about 1972 Hammerstiel occupied himself with biblical themes, especially in woodcuts. From 1975 he participated in several international art symposiums, near Mostar, in Prilep, Macedonia and several times in Budapest. Since 1968 Hammerstiel exhibited nationally and internationally. In 1985 he was awarded the title of professor by the Federal President Rudolf Kirchschläger. In 1988 Hammerstiel took early retirement, but remained active as a freelance artist. A trip to New York in 1988 was decisive for Hammerstiel's subsequent new phase of work. He turned to Pop Art, belatedly in terms of art history. He rediscovered color and radically simplified forms. He depicted spaces in a new way, dispensing with everything incidental. From then on, his work was characterized by a vivid colorfulness and a radical, striking reduction of form. In 2007, the Ringturm in Vienna was covered by a monumental work by Hammerstiel that showed the stations of his life. Further artists and styles: Gerda Matejka-Felden, Robert Schmitt, Gerhard Swoboda, Vienna School, Banat Germans, internment camp, woodcut, pop art, stencil figures, Leopold Museum, Albertina Vienna, Ringturm Project, Werschetz Museum, Grand Gold Medal of Honour, Künstlerhaus, Herbert Boeckl, Wolfgang Hutter, Wiener Secession, Color etching, 20th century 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.

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  • Robert Hammerstiel* (Werschetz 1933 - 2020 Neunkirchen)
    Mar. 25, 2026

    Robert Hammerstiel* (Werschetz 1933 - 2020 Neunkirchen)

    Est: €60 - €100

    Robert Hammerstiel* (Werschetz 1933 - 2020 Neunkirchen) Angel woodcut/paper 29,7 x 21 cm inscribed Handdruck Holzschnitt, numbered 16/30 verso inscribed and signed zum frohen Fest, ein gutes Jahr Ihr Hammerstiel SCHÄTZPREIS / ESTIMATE °€ 60 - 100 STARTPREIS / STARTING PRICE °€ 60 Robert Hammerstiel grew up as the child of a Banat Swabian family in the Serbian quarter of Werschetz. His father had a bakery and painted on the side. In November 1944 Robert Hammerstiel was interned in several camps with his brother Alfred and his mother (his father was in the military) under miserable conditions. In August 1947 Robert Hammerstiel managed to escape with his mother and brother via Hungary to Lower Austria. From 1949 to 1953 he learned a trade in a bakery in Pottschach. From 1955 he worked in the steelworks in Ternitz. After his hands were burned, he was transferred to the archives in 1979. Hammerstiel had drawn and painted autodidactically from an early age. In addition to depicting motifs from his environment, Hammerstiel, who saw himself as a "survivor of many dead," began to come to terms with his traumatic childhood experiences in the late 1960s. In 1958, Hammerstiel won a sponsorship award from the Austrian Federation of Trade Unions at the exhibition "Talents Awakened - Talents Discovered." 1959-1961 he attended several seminars with Gerda Matejka-Felden in Vienna. In 1963-1966 he studied in further art seminars of the trade union federation with Robert Schmidt, who drew Hammerstiel's attention to woodcut. Other teachers were Gerhard and August Swoboda. In 1968 he took part in an art seminar in Recklinghausen and exhibited there. From about 1972 Hammerstiel occupied himself with biblical themes, especially in woodcuts. From 1975 he participated in several international art symposiums, near Mostar, in Prilep, Macedonia and several times in Budapest. Since 1968 Hammerstiel exhibited nationally and internationally. In 1985 he was awarded the title of professor by the Federal President Rudolf Kirchschläger. In 1988 Hammerstiel took early retirement, but remained active as a freelance artist. A trip to New York in 1988 was decisive for Hammerstiel's subsequent new phase of work. He turned to Pop Art, belatedly in terms of art history. He rediscovered color and radically simplified forms. He depicted spaces in a new way, dispensing with everything incidental. From then on, his work was characterized by a vivid colorfulness and a radical, striking reduction of form. In 2007, the Ringturm in Vienna was covered by a monumental work by Hammerstiel that showed the stations of his life. Further artists and styles: Gerda Matejka-Felden, Robert Schmitt, Gerhard Swoboda, Vienna School, Banat Germans, internment camp, woodcut, pop art, stencil figures, Leopold Museum, Albertina Vienna, Ringturm Project, Werschetz Museum, Grand Gold Medal of Honour, Künstlerhaus, Herbert Boeckl, Wolfgang Hutter, Wiener Secession, Color etching, 20th century 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.

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  • Robert Hammerstiel* (Werschetz 1933 - 2020 Neunkirchen)
    Mar. 25, 2026

    Robert Hammerstiel* (Werschetz 1933 - 2020 Neunkirchen)

    Est: €150 - €300

    Robert Hammerstiel* (Werschetz 1933 - 2020 Neunkirchen) Frozen tears woodcut/paper 76,5 x 56 cm signed Hammerstiel SCHÄTZPREIS / ESTIMATE °€ 150 - 300 STARTPREIS / STARTING PRICE °€ 150 Robert Hammerstiel grew up as the child of a Banat Swabian family in the Serbian quarter of Werschetz. His father had a bakery and painted on the side. In November 1944 Robert Hammerstiel was interned in several camps with his brother Alfred and his mother (his father was in the military) under miserable conditions. In August 1947 Robert Hammerstiel managed to escape with his mother and brother via Hungary to Lower Austria. From 1949 to 1953 he learned a trade in a bakery in Pottschach. From 1955 he worked in the steelworks in Ternitz. After his hands were burned, he was transferred to the archives in 1979. Hammerstiel had drawn and painted autodidactically from an early age. In addition to depicting motifs from his environment, Hammerstiel, who saw himself as a "survivor of many dead," began to come to terms with his traumatic childhood experiences in the late 1960s. In 1958, Hammerstiel won a sponsorship award from the Austrian Federation of Trade Unions at the exhibition "Talents Awakened - Talents Discovered." 1959-1961 he attended several seminars with Gerda Matejka-Felden in Vienna. In 1963-1966 he studied in further art seminars of the trade union federation with Robert Schmidt, who drew Hammerstiel's attention to woodcut. Other teachers were Gerhard and August Swoboda. In 1968 he took part in an art seminar in Recklinghausen and exhibited there. From about 1972 Hammerstiel occupied himself with biblical themes, especially in woodcuts. From 1975 he participated in several international art symposiums, near Mostar, in Prilep, Macedonia and several times in Budapest. Since 1968 Hammerstiel exhibited nationally and internationally. In 1985 he was awarded the title of professor by the Federal President Rudolf Kirchschläger. In 1988 Hammerstiel took early retirement, but remained active as a freelance artist. A trip to New York in 1988 was decisive for Hammerstiel's subsequent new phase of work. He turned to Pop Art, belatedly in terms of art history. He rediscovered color and radically simplified forms. He depicted spaces in a new way, dispensing with everything incidental. From then on, his work was characterized by a vivid colorfulness and a radical, striking reduction of form. In 2007, the Ringturm in Vienna was covered by a monumental work by Hammerstiel that showed the stations of his life. Further artists and styles: Gerda Matejka-Felden, Robert Schmitt, Gerhard Swoboda, Vienna School, Banat Germans, internment camp, woodcut, pop art, stencil figures, Leopold Museum, Albertina Vienna, Ringturm Project, Werschetz Museum, Grand Gold Medal of Honour, Künstlerhaus, Herbert Boeckl, Wolfgang Hutter, Wiener Secession, Color etching, 20th century 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.

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  • Robert Hammerstiel* (Werschetz 1933 - 2020 Neunkirchen)
    Mar. 25, 2026

    Robert Hammerstiel* (Werschetz 1933 - 2020 Neunkirchen)

    Est: €50 - €100

    Robert Hammerstiel* (Werschetz 1933 - 2020 Neunkirchen) In front of the church woodcut/paper 21 x 30 cm signed Hammerstiel, dated 1986.18 inscribed Handdruck SCHÄTZPREIS / ESTIMATE °€ 50 - 100 STARTPREIS / STARTING PRICE °€ 50 Robert Hammerstiel grew up as the child of a Banat Swabian family in the Serbian quarter of Werschetz. His father had a bakery and painted on the side. In November 1944 Robert Hammerstiel was interned in several camps with his brother Alfred and his mother (his father was in the military) under miserable conditions. In August 1947 Robert Hammerstiel managed to escape with his mother and brother via Hungary to Lower Austria. From 1949 to 1953 he learned a trade in a bakery in Pottschach. From 1955 he worked in the steelworks in Ternitz. After his hands were burned, he was transferred to the archives in 1979. Hammerstiel had drawn and painted autodidactically from an early age. In addition to depicting motifs from his environment, Hammerstiel, who saw himself as a "survivor of many dead," began to come to terms with his traumatic childhood experiences in the late 1960s. In 1958, Hammerstiel won a sponsorship award from the Austrian Federation of Trade Unions at the exhibition "Talents Awakened - Talents Discovered." 1959-1961 he attended several seminars with Gerda Matejka-Felden in Vienna. In 1963-1966 he studied in further art seminars of the trade union federation with Robert Schmidt, who drew Hammerstiel's attention to woodcut. Other teachers were Gerhard and August Swoboda. In 1968 he took part in an art seminar in Recklinghausen and exhibited there. From about 1972 Hammerstiel occupied himself with biblical themes, especially in woodcuts. From 1975 he participated in several international art symposiums, near Mostar, in Prilep, Macedonia and several times in Budapest. Since 1968 Hammerstiel exhibited nationally and internationally. In 1985 he was awarded the title of professor by the Federal President Rudolf Kirchschläger. In 1988 Hammerstiel took early retirement, but remained active as a freelance artist. A trip to New York in 1988 was decisive for Hammerstiel's subsequent new phase of work. He turned to Pop Art, belatedly in terms of art history. He rediscovered color and radically simplified forms. He depicted spaces in a new way, dispensing with everything incidental. From then on, his work was characterized by a vivid colorfulness and a radical, striking reduction of form. In 2007, the Ringturm in Vienna was covered by a monumental work by Hammerstiel that showed the stations of his life. Further artists and styles: Gerda Matejka-Felden, Robert Schmitt, Gerhard Swoboda, Vienna School, Banat Germans, internment camp, woodcut, pop art, stencil figures, Leopold Museum, Albertina Vienna, Ringturm Project, Werschetz Museum, Grand Gold Medal of Honour, Künstlerhaus, Herbert Boeckl, Wolfgang Hutter, Wiener Secession, Color etching, 20th century 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.

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  • Robert Hammerstiel* (Werschetz 1933 - 2020 Neunkirchen)
    Mar. 25, 2026

    Robert Hammerstiel* (Werschetz 1933 - 2020 Neunkirchen)

    Est: €150 - €300

    Robert Hammerstiel* (Werschetz 1933 - 2020 Neunkirchen) The sitting figure pencil/paper 40 x 29,5 cm signed Hammerstiel, dated 2003 inscribed der Nachlass SCHÄTZPREIS / ESTIMATE °€ 150 - 300 STARTPREIS / STARTING PRICE °€ 150 Robert Hammerstiel grew up as the child of a Banat Swabian family in the Serbian quarter of Werschetz. His father had a bakery and painted on the side. In November 1944 Robert Hammerstiel was interned in several camps with his brother Alfred and his mother (his father was in the military) under miserable conditions. In August 1947 Robert Hammerstiel managed to escape with his mother and brother via Hungary to Lower Austria. From 1949 to 1953 he learned a trade in a bakery in Pottschach. From 1955 he worked in the steelworks in Ternitz. After his hands were burned, he was transferred to the archives in 1979. Hammerstiel had drawn and painted autodidactically from an early age. In addition to depicting motifs from his environment, Hammerstiel, who saw himself as a "survivor of many dead," began to come to terms with his traumatic childhood experiences in the late 1960s. In 1958, Hammerstiel won a sponsorship award from the Austrian Federation of Trade Unions at the exhibition "Talents Awakened - Talents Discovered." 1959-1961 he attended several seminars with Gerda Matejka-Felden in Vienna. In 1963-1966 he studied in further art seminars of the trade union federation with Robert Schmidt, who drew Hammerstiel's attention to woodcut. Other teachers were Gerhard and August Swoboda. In 1968 he took part in an art seminar in Recklinghausen and exhibited there. From about 1972 Hammerstiel occupied himself with biblical themes, especially in woodcuts. From 1975 he participated in several international art symposiums, near Mostar, in Prilep, Macedonia and several times in Budapest. Since 1968 Hammerstiel exhibited nationally and internationally. In 1985 he was awarded the title of professor by the Federal President Rudolf Kirchschläger. In 1988 Hammerstiel took early retirement, but remained active as a freelance artist. A trip to New York in 1988 was decisive for Hammerstiel's subsequent new phase of work. He turned to Pop Art, belatedly in terms of art history. He rediscovered color and radically simplified forms. He depicted spaces in a new way, dispensing with everything incidental. From then on, his work was characterized by a vivid colorfulness and a radical, striking reduction of form. In 2007, the Ringturm in Vienna was covered by a monumental work by Hammerstiel that showed the stations of his life. Further artists and styles: Gerda Matejka-Felden, Robert Schmitt, Gerhard Swoboda, Vienna School, Banat Germans, internment camp, woodcut, pop art, stencil figures, Leopold Museum, Albertina Vienna, Ringturm Project, Werschetz Museum, Grand Gold Medal of Honour, Künstlerhaus, Herbert Boeckl, Wolfgang Hutter, Wiener Secession, Color etching, 20th century 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.

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  • Robert Hammerstiel* (Werschetz 1933 - 2020 Neunkirchen)
    Mar. 25, 2026

    Robert Hammerstiel* (Werschetz 1933 - 2020 Neunkirchen)

    Est: €150 - €300

    Robert Hammerstiel* (Werschetz 1933 - 2020 Neunkirchen) Erich Fitzbauer, 2003 pencil/paper 47,5 x 32,5 cm signed Hammerstiel, dated 2003 SCHÄTZPREIS / ESTIMATE °€ 150 - 300 STARTPREIS / STARTING PRICE °€ 150 Robert Hammerstiel grew up as the child of a Banat Swabian family in the Serbian quarter of Werschetz. His father had a bakery and painted on the side. In November 1944 Robert Hammerstiel was interned in several camps with his brother Alfred and his mother (his father was in the military) under miserable conditions. In August 1947 Robert Hammerstiel managed to escape with his mother and brother via Hungary to Lower Austria. From 1949 to 1953 he learned a trade in a bakery in Pottschach. From 1955 he worked in the steelworks in Ternitz. After his hands were burned, he was transferred to the archives in 1979. Hammerstiel had drawn and painted autodidactically from an early age. In addition to depicting motifs from his environment, Hammerstiel, who saw himself as a "survivor of many dead," began to come to terms with his traumatic childhood experiences in the late 1960s. In 1958, Hammerstiel won a sponsorship award from the Austrian Federation of Trade Unions at the exhibition "Talents Awakened - Talents Discovered." 1959-1961 he attended several seminars with Gerda Matejka-Felden in Vienna. In 1963-1966 he studied in further art seminars of the trade union federation with Robert Schmidt, who drew Hammerstiel's attention to woodcut. Other teachers were Gerhard and August Swoboda. In 1968 he took part in an art seminar in Recklinghausen and exhibited there. From about 1972 Hammerstiel occupied himself with biblical themes, especially in woodcuts. From 1975 he participated in several international art symposiums, near Mostar, in Prilep, Macedonia and several times in Budapest. Since 1968 Hammerstiel exhibited nationally and internationally. In 1985 he was awarded the title of professor by the Federal President Rudolf Kirchschläger. In 1988 Hammerstiel took early retirement, but remained active as a freelance artist. A trip to New York in 1988 was decisive for Hammerstiel's subsequent new phase of work. He turned to Pop Art, belatedly in terms of art history. He rediscovered color and radically simplified forms. He depicted spaces in a new way, dispensing with everything incidental. From then on, his work was characterized by a vivid colorfulness and a radical, striking reduction of form. In 2007, the Ringturm in Vienna was covered by a monumental work by Hammerstiel that showed the stations of his life. Further artists and styles: Gerda Matejka-Felden, Robert Schmitt, Gerhard Swoboda, Vienna School, Banat Germans, internment camp, woodcut, pop art, stencil figures, Leopold Museum, Albertina Vienna, Ringturm Project, Werschetz Museum, Grand Gold Medal of Honour, Künstlerhaus, Herbert Boeckl, Wolfgang Hutter, Wiener Secession, Color etching, 20th century 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.

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  • Robert Hammerstiel* (Werschetz 1933 - 2020 Neunkirchen)
    Mar. 25, 2026

    Robert Hammerstiel* (Werschetz 1933 - 2020 Neunkirchen)

    Est: €200 - €400

    Robert Hammerstiel* (Werschetz 1933 - 2020 Neunkirchen) Peacock, 1978 color woodcut/paper 58,2 x 78,5 cm signed Hammerstiel, dated 78 inscribed Handdruck Farbholzschnitt der Pfau, numbered 4/5 SCHÄTZPREIS / ESTIMATE °€ 200 - 400 STARTPREIS / STARTING PRICE °€ 200 Robert Hammerstiel grew up as the child of a Banat Swabian family in the Serbian quarter of Werschetz. His father had a bakery and painted on the side. In November 1944 Robert Hammerstiel was interned in several camps with his brother Alfred and his mother (his father was in the military) under miserable conditions. In August 1947 Robert Hammerstiel managed to escape with his mother and brother via Hungary to Lower Austria. From 1949 to 1953 he learned a trade in a bakery in Pottschach. From 1955 he worked in the steelworks in Ternitz. After his hands were burned, he was transferred to the archives in 1979. Hammerstiel had drawn and painted autodidactically from an early age. In addition to depicting motifs from his environment, Hammerstiel, who saw himself as a "survivor of many dead," began to come to terms with his traumatic childhood experiences in the late 1960s. In 1958, Hammerstiel won a sponsorship award from the Austrian Federation of Trade Unions at the exhibition "Talents Awakened - Talents Discovered." 1959-1961 he attended several seminars with Gerda Matejka-Felden in Vienna. In 1963-1966 he studied in further art seminars of the trade union federation with Robert Schmidt, who drew Hammerstiel's attention to woodcut. Other teachers were Gerhard and August Swoboda. In 1968 he took part in an art seminar in Recklinghausen and exhibited there. From about 1972 Hammerstiel occupied himself with biblical themes, especially in woodcuts. From 1975 he participated in several international art symposiums, near Mostar, in Prilep, Macedonia and several times in Budapest. Since 1968 Hammerstiel exhibited nationally and internationally. In 1985 he was awarded the title of professor by the Federal President Rudolf Kirchschläger. In 1988 Hammerstiel took early retirement, but remained active as a freelance artist. A trip to New York in 1988 was decisive for Hammerstiel's subsequent new phase of work. He turned to Pop Art, belatedly in terms of art history. He rediscovered color and radically simplified forms. He depicted spaces in a new way, dispensing with everything incidental. From then on, his work was characterized by a vivid colorfulness and a radical, striking reduction of form. In 2007, the Ringturm in Vienna was covered by a monumental work by Hammerstiel that showed the stations of his life. Further artists and styles: Gerda Matejka-Felden, Robert Schmitt, Gerhard Swoboda, Vienna School, Banat Germans, internment camp, woodcut, pop art, stencil figures, Leopold Museum, Albertina Vienna, Ringturm Project, Werschetz Museum, Grand Gold Medal of Honour, Künstlerhaus, Herbert Boeckl, Wolfgang Hutter, Wiener Secession, Color etching, 20th century 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.

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  • Robert Hammerstiel* (Werschetz 1933 - 2020 Neunkirchen)
    Mar. 25, 2026

    Robert Hammerstiel* (Werschetz 1933 - 2020 Neunkirchen)

    Est: €150 - €300

    Robert Hammerstiel* (Werschetz 1933 - 2020 Neunkirchen) House of the dead, 1989 woodcut/paper 83,5 x 60 cm signed Hammerstiel, dated 89 inscribed Handdruck SCHÄTZPREIS / ESTIMATE °€ 150 - 300 STARTPREIS / STARTING PRICE °€ 150 Robert Hammerstiel grew up as the child of a Banat Swabian family in the Serbian quarter of Werschetz. His father had a bakery and painted on the side. In November 1944 Robert Hammerstiel was interned in several camps with his brother Alfred and his mother (his father was in the military) under miserable conditions. In August 1947 Robert Hammerstiel managed to escape with his mother and brother via Hungary to Lower Austria. From 1949 to 1953 he learned a trade in a bakery in Pottschach. From 1955 he worked in the steelworks in Ternitz. After his hands were burned, he was transferred to the archives in 1979. Hammerstiel had drawn and painted autodidactically from an early age. In addition to depicting motifs from his environment, Hammerstiel, who saw himself as a "survivor of many dead," began to come to terms with his traumatic childhood experiences in the late 1960s. In 1958, Hammerstiel won a sponsorship award from the Austrian Federation of Trade Unions at the exhibition "Talents Awakened - Talents Discovered." 1959-1961 he attended several seminars with Gerda Matejka-Felden in Vienna. In 1963-1966 he studied in further art seminars of the trade union federation with Robert Schmidt, who drew Hammerstiel's attention to woodcut. Other teachers were Gerhard and August Swoboda. In 1968 he took part in an art seminar in Recklinghausen and exhibited there. From about 1972 Hammerstiel occupied himself with biblical themes, especially in woodcuts. From 1975 he participated in several international art symposiums, near Mostar, in Prilep, Macedonia and several times in Budapest. Since 1968 Hammerstiel exhibited nationally and internationally. In 1985 he was awarded the title of professor by the Federal President Rudolf Kirchschläger. In 1988 Hammerstiel took early retirement, but remained active as a freelance artist. A trip to New York in 1988 was decisive for Hammerstiel's subsequent new phase of work. He turned to Pop Art, belatedly in terms of art history. He rediscovered color and radically simplified forms. He depicted spaces in a new way, dispensing with everything incidental. From then on, his work was characterized by a vivid colorfulness and a radical, striking reduction of form. In 2007, the Ringturm in Vienna was covered by a monumental work by Hammerstiel that showed the stations of his life. Further artists and styles: Gerda Matejka-Felden, Robert Schmitt, Gerhard Swoboda, Vienna School, Banat Germans, internment camp, woodcut, pop art, stencil figures, Leopold Museum, Albertina Vienna, Ringturm Project, Werschetz Museum, Grand Gold Medal of Honour, Künstlerhaus, Herbert Boeckl, Wolfgang Hutter, Wiener Secession, Color etching, 20th century 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.

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  • Robert Hammerstiel* (Werschetz 1933 - 2020 Neunkirchen)
    Mar. 25, 2026

    Robert Hammerstiel* (Werschetz 1933 - 2020 Neunkirchen)

    Est: €1,000 - €1,200

    Robert Hammerstiel* (Werschetz 1933 - 2020 Neunkirchen) 15 drawings of Santorin, 1985 indian ink/paper 17 x 23 cm all the sheets signed Hammerstiel und 14 of them dated 85 SCHÄTZPREIS / ESTIMATE € 1000 - 1200 STARTPREIS / STARTING PRICE € 1000 Robert Hammerstiel grew up in the Serbian quarter of Vršac, the son of a Banat Swabian family. His father, a baker, painted on the side and sparked his son's early interest in art. In November 1944, the family, as members of the Banat Germans, were interned in camps. In August 1947, Robert Hammerstiel, along with his mother and brother Alfred, escaped via Hungary to Lower Austria. After an apprenticeship as a baker in Pottschach (1949–1953), he worked at the Ternitz steelworks from 1955 until 1979, when a serious hand injury led to his transfer to the archives. Hammerstiel had been drawing and painting autodidactically from an early age. Alongside motifs from his everyday life, he began to artistically process his childhood experiences, shaped by war and camp life. By the late 1960s, this had developed into a distinctive visual language. He received a decisive impetus through studies with the Viennese artist Gerda Matejka-Felden and through seminars with Robert Schmitt and the brothers Gerhard and August Swoboda, who introduced him to the expressive possibilities of woodcuts. This technique would become formative for Hammerstiel's subsequent work. During the 1970s, he increasingly turned to biblical and existential themes and participated in international art symposia in Mostar, Prilep (Macedonia), and Budapest. His artistic thinking remained committed to the humanist tradition of the Vienna School. Confronted with the developments of modernism, Hammerstiel also engaged with Austrian artists such as Herbert Boeckl and Wolfgang Hutter, whose approaches to color and form influenced him. A pivotal turning point was his trip to New York in 1988, where, somewhat belatedly in terms of art history, he discovered Pop Art. From then on, color emerged with renewed vibrancy: he reduced forms to clear, stenciled figures, diminished spatial depth, and developed a distinctive, graphic style. This phase of his work garnered him considerable attention, both in Austria and internationally. Important exhibitions of his work took place at the Leopold Museum and the Albertina in Vienna, among other venues, where his color etchings from the second half of the 20th century are particularly well documented. A symbolic late work emerged in 2007 with the Ringturm project in Vienna, in which Hammerstiel enveloped the tower with a monumental cycle of images depicting key moments in his life. The Werschetz Museum also dedicated an exhibition to him. He received numerous awards for his life's work, including the Grand Gold Medal of Honor from the Künstlerhaus Wien (Vienna Artists' Association). 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.

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  • Robert Hammerstiel* (Werschetz 1933 - 2020 Neunkirchen)
    Mar. 25, 2026

    Robert Hammerstiel* (Werschetz 1933 - 2020 Neunkirchen)

    Est: €200 - €400

    Robert Hammerstiel* (Werschetz 1933 - 2020 Neunkirchen) Tragedy of a behaviour, 1995 monotype and chalk/paper 47 x 69,5 cm signed Hammerstiel, dated 1995 inscribed Variation und Tragödie eines Verhaltens. Das Tragische im Verhalten hat wahrscheinlich eher eine Würde als das lächerlich Zusehende. SCHÄTZPREIS / ESTIMATE °€ 200 - 400 STARTPREIS / STARTING PRICE °€ 200 Robert Hammerstiel grew up as the child of a Banat Swabian family in the Serbian quarter of Werschetz. His father had a bakery and painted on the side. In November 1944 Robert Hammerstiel was interned in several camps with his brother Alfred and his mother (his father was in the military) under miserable conditions. In August 1947 Robert Hammerstiel managed to escape with his mother and brother via Hungary to Lower Austria. From 1949 to 1953 he learned a trade in a bakery in Pottschach. From 1955 he worked in the steelworks in Ternitz. After his hands were burned, he was transferred to the archives in 1979. Hammerstiel had drawn and painted autodidactically from an early age. In addition to depicting motifs from his environment, Hammerstiel, who saw himself as a "survivor of many dead," began to come to terms with his traumatic childhood experiences in the late 1960s. In 1958, Hammerstiel won a sponsorship award from the Austrian Federation of Trade Unions at the exhibition "Talents Awakened - Talents Discovered." 1959-1961 he attended several seminars with Gerda Matejka-Felden in Vienna. In 1963-1966 he studied in further art seminars of the trade union federation with Robert Schmidt, who drew Hammerstiel's attention to woodcut. Other teachers were Gerhard and August Swoboda. In 1968 he took part in an art seminar in Recklinghausen and exhibited there. From about 1972 Hammerstiel occupied himself with biblical themes, especially in woodcuts. From 1975 he participated in several international art symposiums, near Mostar, in Prilep, Macedonia and several times in Budapest. Since 1968 Hammerstiel exhibited nationally and internationally. In 1985 he was awarded the title of professor by the Federal President Rudolf Kirchschläger. In 1988 Hammerstiel took early retirement, but remained active as a freelance artist. A trip to New York in 1988 was decisive for Hammerstiel's subsequent new phase of work. He turned to Pop Art, belatedly in terms of art history. He rediscovered color and radically simplified forms. He depicted spaces in a new way, dispensing with everything incidental. From then on, his work was characterized by a vivid colorfulness and a radical, striking reduction of form. In 2007, the Ringturm in Vienna was covered by a monumental work by Hammerstiel that showed the stations of his life. Further artists and styles: Gerda Matejka-Felden, Robert Schmitt, Gerhard Swoboda, Vienna School, Banat Germans, internment camp, woodcut, pop art, stencil figures, Leopold Museum, Albertina Vienna, Ringturm Project, Werschetz Museum, Grand Gold Medal of Honour, Künstlerhaus, Herbert Boeckl, Wolfgang Hutter, Wiener Secession, Color etching, 20th century 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.

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  • Robert Hammerstiel* (Werschetz 1933 - 2020 Neunkirchen)
    Mar. 25, 2026

    Robert Hammerstiel* (Werschetz 1933 - 2020 Neunkirchen)

    Est: €100 - €200

    Robert Hammerstiel* (Werschetz 1933 - 2020 Neunkirchen) Jonah goes through the city, 1979 woodcut/paper 58,5 x 41,5 cm signed Hammerstiel, dated 70 inscribed Jona, 3,2-1. Jona geht (illegible) durch die Stadt. Mach dich auf, gehe um die ganze Stadt. Numbered 1/6 SCHÄTZPREIS / ESTIMATE °€ 100 - 200 STARTPREIS / STARTING PRICE °€ 100 Robert Hammerstiel grew up as the child of a Banat Swabian family in the Serbian quarter of Werschetz. His father had a bakery and painted on the side. In November 1944 Robert Hammerstiel was interned in several camps with his brother Alfred and his mother (his father was in the military) under miserable conditions. In August 1947 Robert Hammerstiel managed to escape with his mother and brother via Hungary to Lower Austria. From 1949 to 1953 he learned a trade in a bakery in Pottschach. From 1955 he worked in the steelworks in Ternitz. After his hands were burned, he was transferred to the archives in 1979. Hammerstiel had drawn and painted autodidactically from an early age. In addition to depicting motifs from his environment, Hammerstiel, who saw himself as a "survivor of many dead," began to come to terms with his traumatic childhood experiences in the late 1960s. In 1958, Hammerstiel won a sponsorship award from the Austrian Federation of Trade Unions at the exhibition "Talents Awakened - Talents Discovered." 1959-1961 he attended several seminars with Gerda Matejka-Felden in Vienna. In 1963-1966 he studied in further art seminars of the trade union federation with Robert Schmidt, who drew Hammerstiel's attention to woodcut. Other teachers were Gerhard and August Swoboda. In 1968 he took part in an art seminar in Recklinghausen and exhibited there. From about 1972 Hammerstiel occupied himself with biblical themes, especially in woodcuts. From 1975 he participated in several international art symposiums, near Mostar, in Prilep, Macedonia and several times in Budapest. Since 1968 Hammerstiel exhibited nationally and internationally. In 1985 he was awarded the title of professor by the Federal President Rudolf Kirchschläger. In 1988 Hammerstiel took early retirement, but remained active as a freelance artist. A trip to New York in 1988 was decisive for Hammerstiel's subsequent new phase of work. He turned to Pop Art, belatedly in terms of art history. He rediscovered color and radically simplified forms. He depicted spaces in a new way, dispensing with everything incidental. From then on, his work was characterized by a vivid colorfulness and a radical, striking reduction of form. In 2007, the Ringturm in Vienna was covered by a monumental work by Hammerstiel that showed the stations of his life. Further artists and styles: Gerda Matejka-Felden, Robert Schmitt, Gerhard Swoboda, Vienna School, Banat Germans, internment camp, woodcut, pop art, stencil figures, Leopold Museum, Albertina Vienna, Ringturm Project, Werschetz Museum, Grand Gold Medal of Honour, Künstlerhaus, Herbert Boeckl, Wolfgang Hutter, Wiener Secession, Color etching, 20th century 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.

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  • Robert Hammerstiel* (Werschetz 1933 - 2020 Neunkirchen)
    Mar. 25, 2026

    Robert Hammerstiel* (Werschetz 1933 - 2020 Neunkirchen)

    Est: €200 - €400

    Robert Hammerstiel* (Werschetz 1933 - 2020 Neunkirchen) Bundle of 2 woodcuts 1| Jesus at the Sea of ​​Galilee, 1990 color woodcut/paper 38 x 51 cm signed Hammerstiel, dated 1990 inscribed Jesus …(illegible) am See Genezareth Orig. Holzschnitt 2| Sea of Galilee, 1990 woodcut/paper 38 x 51 cm signed Hammerstiel, dated 90 inscribed See Genezareth orig. Farbholzschnitt SCHÄTZPREIS / ESTIMATE °€ 200 - 400 STARTPREIS / STARTING PRICE °€ 200 Robert Hammerstiel grew up as the child of a Banat Swabian family in the Serbian quarter of Werschetz. His father had a bakery and painted on the side. In November 1944 Robert Hammerstiel was interned in several camps with his brother Alfred and his mother (his father was in the military) under miserable conditions. In August 1947 Robert Hammerstiel managed to escape with his mother and brother via Hungary to Lower Austria. From 1949 to 1953 he learned a trade in a bakery in Pottschach. From 1955 he worked in the steelworks in Ternitz. After his hands were burned, he was transferred to the archives in 1979. Hammerstiel had drawn and painted autodidactically from an early age. In addition to depicting motifs from his environment, Hammerstiel, who saw himself as a "survivor of many dead," began to come to terms with his traumatic childhood experiences in the late 1960s. In 1958, Hammerstiel won a sponsorship award from the Austrian Federation of Trade Unions at the exhibition "Talents Awakened - Talents Discovered." 1959-1961 he attended several seminars with Gerda Matejka-Felden in Vienna. In 1963-1966 he studied in further art seminars of the trade union federation with Robert Schmidt, who drew Hammerstiel's attention to woodcut. Other teachers were Gerhard and August Swoboda. In 1968 he took part in an art seminar in Recklinghausen and exhibited there. From about 1972 Hammerstiel occupied himself with biblical themes, especially in woodcuts. From 1975 he participated in several international art symposiums, near Mostar, in Prilep, Macedonia and several times in Budapest. Since 1968 Hammerstiel exhibited nationally and internationally. In 1985 he was awarded the title of professor by the Federal President Rudolf Kirchschläger. In 1988 Hammerstiel took early retirement, but remained active as a freelance artist. A trip to New York in 1988 was decisive for Hammerstiel's subsequent new phase of work. He turned to Pop Art, belatedly in terms of art history. He rediscovered color and radically simplified forms. He depicted spaces in a new way, dispensing with everything incidental. From then on, his work was characterized by a vivid colorfulness and a radical, striking reduction of form. In 2007, the Ringturm in Vienna was covered by a monumental work by Hammerstiel that showed the stations of his life. Further artists and styles: Gerda Matejka-Felden, Robert Schmitt, Gerhard Swoboda, Vienna School, Banat Germans, internment camp, woodcut, pop art, stencil figures, Leopold Museum, Albertina Vienna, Ringturm Project, Werschetz Museum, Grand Gold Medal of Honour, Künstlerhaus, Herbert Boeckl, Wolfgang Hutter, Wiener Secession, Color etching, 20th century 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.

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  • Robert Hammerstiel* (Werschetz 1933 - 2020 Neunkirchen)
    Mar. 25, 2026

    Robert Hammerstiel* (Werschetz 1933 - 2020 Neunkirchen)

    Est: €200 - €400

    Robert Hammerstiel* (Werschetz 1933 - 2020 Neunkirchen) The meal, 1979 woodcut/paper 64,8 x 84,7 cm signed Hammerstiel, dated 1979 inscribed Handdruck das Mahl, numbered 3/5 SCHÄTZPREIS / ESTIMATE °€ 200 - 400 STARTPREIS / STARTING PRICE °€ 200 Robert Hammerstiel grew up as the child of a Banat Swabian family in the Serbian quarter of Werschetz. His father had a bakery and painted on the side. In November 1944 Robert Hammerstiel was interned in several camps with his brother Alfred and his mother (his father was in the military) under miserable conditions. In August 1947 Robert Hammerstiel managed to escape with his mother and brother via Hungary to Lower Austria. From 1949 to 1953 he learned a trade in a bakery in Pottschach. From 1955 he worked in the steelworks in Ternitz. After his hands were burned, he was transferred to the archives in 1979. Hammerstiel had drawn and painted autodidactically from an early age. In addition to depicting motifs from his environment, Hammerstiel, who saw himself as a "survivor of many dead," began to come to terms with his traumatic childhood experiences in the late 1960s. In 1958, Hammerstiel won a sponsorship award from the Austrian Federation of Trade Unions at the exhibition "Talents Awakened - Talents Discovered." 1959-1961 he attended several seminars with Gerda Matejka-Felden in Vienna. In 1963-1966 he studied in further art seminars of the trade union federation with Robert Schmidt, who drew Hammerstiel's attention to woodcut. Other teachers were Gerhard and August Swoboda. In 1968 he took part in an art seminar in Recklinghausen and exhibited there. From about 1972 Hammerstiel occupied himself with biblical themes, especially in woodcuts. From 1975 he participated in several international art symposiums, near Mostar, in Prilep, Macedonia and several times in Budapest. Since 1968 Hammerstiel exhibited nationally and internationally. In 1985 he was awarded the title of professor by the Federal President Rudolf Kirchschläger. In 1988 Hammerstiel took early retirement, but remained active as a freelance artist. A trip to New York in 1988 was decisive for Hammerstiel's subsequent new phase of work. He turned to Pop Art, belatedly in terms of art history. He rediscovered color and radically simplified forms. He depicted spaces in a new way, dispensing with everything incidental. From then on, his work was characterized by a vivid colorfulness and a radical, striking reduction of form. In 2007, the Ringturm in Vienna was covered by a monumental work by Hammerstiel that showed the stations of his life. Further artists and styles: Gerda Matejka-Felden, Robert Schmitt, Gerhard Swoboda, Vienna School, Banat Germans, internment camp, woodcut, pop art, stencil figures, Leopold Museum, Albertina Vienna, Ringturm Project, Werschetz Museum, Grand Gold Medal of Honour, Künstlerhaus, Herbert Boeckl, Wolfgang Hutter, Wiener Secession, Color etching, 20th century 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.

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  • Robert Hammerstiel* (Werschetz 1933 - 2020 Neunkirchen)
    Mar. 25, 2026

    Robert Hammerstiel* (Werschetz 1933 - 2020 Neunkirchen)

    Est: €60 - €100

    Robert Hammerstiel* (Werschetz 1933 - 2020 Neunkirchen) Silhouettes, 1992 woodcut/paper 12 x 8 cm signed Hammerstiel, dated 92 inscribed Holzschnitt, numbered 54/90 SCHÄTZPREIS / ESTIMATE °€ 60 - 100 STARTPREIS / STARTING PRICE °€ 60 Robert Hammerstiel grew up as the child of a Banat Swabian family in the Serbian quarter of Werschetz. His father had a bakery and painted on the side. In November 1944 Robert Hammerstiel was interned in several camps with his brother Alfred and his mother (his father was in the military) under miserable conditions. In August 1947 Robert Hammerstiel managed to escape with his mother and brother via Hungary to Lower Austria. From 1949 to 1953 he learned a trade in a bakery in Pottschach. From 1955 he worked in the steelworks in Ternitz. After his hands were burned, he was transferred to the archives in 1979. Hammerstiel had drawn and painted autodidactically from an early age. In addition to depicting motifs from his environment, Hammerstiel, who saw himself as a "survivor of many dead," began to come to terms with his traumatic childhood experiences in the late 1960s. In 1958, Hammerstiel won a sponsorship award from the Austrian Federation of Trade Unions at the exhibition "Talents Awakened - Talents Discovered." 1959-1961 he attended several seminars with Gerda Matejka-Felden in Vienna. In 1963-1966 he studied in further art seminars of the trade union federation with Robert Schmidt, who drew Hammerstiel's attention to woodcut. Other teachers were Gerhard and August Swoboda. In 1968 he took part in an art seminar in Recklinghausen and exhibited there. From about 1972 Hammerstiel occupied himself with biblical themes, especially in woodcuts. From 1975 he participated in several international art symposiums, near Mostar, in Prilep, Macedonia and several times in Budapest. Since 1968 Hammerstiel exhibited nationally and internationally. In 1985 he was awarded the title of professor by the Federal President Rudolf Kirchschläger. In 1988 Hammerstiel took early retirement, but remained active as a freelance artist. A trip to New York in 1988 was decisive for Hammerstiel's subsequent new phase of work. He turned to Pop Art, belatedly in terms of art history. He rediscovered color and radically simplified forms. He depicted spaces in a new way, dispensing with everything incidental. From then on, his work was characterized by a vivid colorfulness and a radical, striking reduction of form. In 2007, the Ringturm in Vienna was covered by a monumental work by Hammerstiel that showed the stations of his life. Further artists and styles: Gerda Matejka-Felden, Robert Schmitt, Gerhard Swoboda, Vienna School, Banat Germans, internment camp, woodcut, pop art, stencil figures, Leopold Museum, Albertina Vienna, Ringturm Project, Werschetz Museum, Grand Gold Medal of Honour, Künstlerhaus, Herbert Boeckl, Wolfgang Hutter, Wiener Secession, Color etching, 20th century 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.

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  • Robert Hammerstiel* (Werschetz 1933 - 2020 Neunkirchen)
    Mar. 25, 2026

    Robert Hammerstiel* (Werschetz 1933 - 2020 Neunkirchen)

    Est: €100 - €200

    Robert Hammerstiel* (Werschetz 1933 - 2020 Neunkirchen) Gathering mixed media/paper 10,5 x 12,5 cm signed E. A. Hammerstiel, inscribed Handdruck SCHÄTZPREIS / ESTIMATE °€ 100 - 200 STARTPREIS / STARTING PRICE °€ 100 Robert Hammerstiel grew up as the child of a Banat Swabian family in the Serbian quarter of Werschetz. His father had a bakery and painted on the side. In November 1944 Robert Hammerstiel was interned in several camps with his brother Alfred and his mother (his father was in the military) under miserable conditions. In August 1947 Robert Hammerstiel managed to escape with his mother and brother via Hungary to Lower Austria. From 1949 to 1953 he learned a trade in a bakery in Pottschach. From 1955 he worked in the steelworks in Ternitz. After his hands were burned, he was transferred to the archives in 1979. Hammerstiel had drawn and painted autodidactically from an early age. In addition to depicting motifs from his environment, Hammerstiel, who saw himself as a "survivor of many dead," began to come to terms with his traumatic childhood experiences in the late 1960s. In 1958, Hammerstiel won a sponsorship award from the Austrian Federation of Trade Unions at the exhibition "Talents Awakened - Talents Discovered." 1959-1961 he attended several seminars with Gerda Matejka-Felden in Vienna. In 1963-1966 he studied in further art seminars of the trade union federation with Robert Schmidt, who drew Hammerstiel's attention to woodcut. Other teachers were Gerhard and August Swoboda. In 1968 he took part in an art seminar in Recklinghausen and exhibited there. From about 1972 Hammerstiel occupied himself with biblical themes, especially in woodcuts. From 1975 he participated in several international art symposiums, near Mostar, in Prilep, Macedonia and several times in Budapest. Since 1968 Hammerstiel exhibited nationally and internationally. In 1985 he was awarded the title of professor by the Federal President Rudolf Kirchschläger. In 1988 Hammerstiel took early retirement, but remained active as a freelance artist. A trip to New York in 1988 was decisive for Hammerstiel's subsequent new phase of work. He turned to Pop Art, belatedly in terms of art history. He rediscovered color and radically simplified forms. He depicted spaces in a new way, dispensing with everything incidental. From then on, his work was characterized by a vivid colorfulness and a radical, striking reduction of form. In 2007, the Ringturm in Vienna was covered by a monumental work by Hammerstiel that showed the stations of his life. Further artists and styles: Gerda Matejka-Felden, Robert Schmitt, Gerhard Swoboda, Vienna School, Banat Germans, internment camp, woodcut, pop art, stencil figures, Leopold Museum, Albertina Vienna, Ringturm Project, Werschetz Museum, Grand Gold Medal of Honour, Künstlerhaus, Herbert Boeckl, Wolfgang Hutter, Wiener Secession, Color etching, 20th century 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.

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  • Robert Hammerstiel* (Werschetz 1933 - 2020 Neunkirchen)
    Mar. 25, 2026

    Robert Hammerstiel* (Werschetz 1933 - 2020 Neunkirchen)

    Est: €150 - €300

    Robert Hammerstiel* (Werschetz 1933 - 2020 Neunkirchen) Nightly look, 1990 color woodcut/paper 84,7 x 65,2 cm signed Hammerstiel, dated 90 inscribed Nächtliche Ausschau Frabholzschnitt numbered 3/3 SCHÄTZPREIS / ESTIMATE °€ 150 - 300 STARTPREIS / STARTING PRICE °€ 150 Robert Hammerstiel grew up as the child of a Banat Swabian family in the Serbian quarter of Werschetz. His father had a bakery and painted on the side. In November 1944 Robert Hammerstiel was interned in several camps with his brother Alfred and his mother (his father was in the military) under miserable conditions. In August 1947 Robert Hammerstiel managed to escape with his mother and brother via Hungary to Lower Austria. From 1949 to 1953 he learned a trade in a bakery in Pottschach. From 1955 he worked in the steelworks in Ternitz. After his hands were burned, he was transferred to the archives in 1979. Hammerstiel had drawn and painted autodidactically from an early age. In addition to depicting motifs from his environment, Hammerstiel, who saw himself as a "survivor of many dead," began to come to terms with his traumatic childhood experiences in the late 1960s. In 1958, Hammerstiel won a sponsorship award from the Austrian Federation of Trade Unions at the exhibition "Talents Awakened - Talents Discovered." 1959-1961 he attended several seminars with Gerda Matejka-Felden in Vienna. In 1963-1966 he studied in further art seminars of the trade union federation with Robert Schmidt, who drew Hammerstiel's attention to woodcut. Other teachers were Gerhard and August Swoboda. In 1968 he took part in an art seminar in Recklinghausen and exhibited there. From about 1972 Hammerstiel occupied himself with biblical themes, especially in woodcuts. From 1975 he participated in several international art symposiums, near Mostar, in Prilep, Macedonia and several times in Budapest. Since 1968 Hammerstiel exhibited nationally and internationally. In 1985 he was awarded the title of professor by the Federal President Rudolf Kirchschläger. In 1988 Hammerstiel took early retirement, but remained active as a freelance artist. A trip to New York in 1988 was decisive for Hammerstiel's subsequent new phase of work. He turned to Pop Art, belatedly in terms of art history. He rediscovered color and radically simplified forms. He depicted spaces in a new way, dispensing with everything incidental. From then on, his work was characterized by a vivid colorfulness and a radical, striking reduction of form. In 2007, the Ringturm in Vienna was covered by a monumental work by Hammerstiel that showed the stations of his life. Further artists and styles: Gerda Matejka-Felden, Robert Schmitt, Gerhard Swoboda, Vienna School, Banat Germans, internment camp, woodcut, pop art, stencil figures, Leopold Museum, Albertina Vienna, Ringturm Project, Werschetz Museum, Grand Gold Medal of Honour, Künstlerhaus, Herbert Boeckl, Wolfgang Hutter, Wiener Secession, Color etching, 20th century 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.

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  • Robert Hammerstiel* (Werschetz 1933 - 2020 Neunkirchen)
    Mar. 25, 2026

    Robert Hammerstiel* (Werschetz 1933 - 2020 Neunkirchen)

    Est: €150 - €300

    Robert Hammerstiel* (Werschetz 1933 - 2020 Neunkirchen) Nighttime waiting, 1995 woodcut/paper 65 x 45 cm signed Hammerstiel, dated 95 inescribed Orig. Farbholzschnitt, Nächtliches Warten, Für Herrn Erich Fitzbauer SCHÄTZPREIS / ESTIMATE °€ 150 - 300 STARTPREIS / STARTING PRICE °€ 150 Robert Hammerstiel grew up as the child of a Banat Swabian family in the Serbian quarter of Werschetz. His father had a bakery and painted on the side. In November 1944 Robert Hammerstiel was interned in several camps with his brother Alfred and his mother (his father was in the military) under miserable conditions. In August 1947 Robert Hammerstiel managed to escape with his mother and brother via Hungary to Lower Austria. From 1949 to 1953 he learned a trade in a bakery in Pottschach. From 1955 he worked in the steelworks in Ternitz. After his hands were burned, he was transferred to the archives in 1979. Hammerstiel had drawn and painted autodidactically from an early age. In addition to depicting motifs from his environment, Hammerstiel, who saw himself as a "survivor of many dead," began to come to terms with his traumatic childhood experiences in the late 1960s. In 1958, Hammerstiel won a sponsorship award from the Austrian Federation of Trade Unions at the exhibition "Talents Awakened - Talents Discovered." 1959-1961 he attended several seminars with Gerda Matejka-Felden in Vienna. In 1963-1966 he studied in further art seminars of the trade union federation with Robert Schmidt, who drew Hammerstiel's attention to woodcut. Other teachers were Gerhard and August Swoboda. In 1968 he took part in an art seminar in Recklinghausen and exhibited there. From about 1972 Hammerstiel occupied himself with biblical themes, especially in woodcuts. From 1975 he participated in several international art symposiums, near Mostar, in Prilep, Macedonia and several times in Budapest. Since 1968 Hammerstiel exhibited nationally and internationally. In 1985 he was awarded the title of professor by the Federal President Rudolf Kirchschläger. In 1988 Hammerstiel took early retirement, but remained active as a freelance artist. A trip to New York in 1988 was decisive for Hammerstiel's subsequent new phase of work. He turned to Pop Art, belatedly in terms of art history. He rediscovered color and radically simplified forms. He depicted spaces in a new way, dispensing with everything incidental. From then on, his work was characterized by a vivid colorfulness and a radical, striking reduction of form. In 2007, the Ringturm in Vienna was covered by a monumental work by Hammerstiel that showed the stations of his life. Further artists and styles: Gerda Matejka-Felden, Robert Schmitt, Gerhard Swoboda, Vienna School, Banat Germans, internment camp, woodcut, pop art, stencil figures, Leopold Museum, Albertina Vienna, Ringturm Project, Werschetz Museum, Grand Gold Medal of Honour, Künstlerhaus, Herbert Boeckl, Wolfgang Hutter, Wiener Secession, Color etching, 20th century 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.

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  • Robert F. Hammerstiel
    Mar. 21, 2026

    Robert F. Hammerstiel

    Est: €300 - €600

    Robert F. Hammerstiel 1957 Pottschach, Austria - "Glücksfutter" (Lucky Feed) - (1998) C-print on aluminum. 50 x 50 cm. Inscribed on the reverse: from: "Glücksfutter", 1998 / Edition: Stadtgalerie Saarbrücken / L. A. Galerie / 17/30 / Robert F. Hammerstiel. Original cassette.

    Das Kunst- und Auktionshaus Kastern GmbH & Co KG
  • Hammerstiel, Robert (1933-2020)
    Feb. 19, 2026

    Hammerstiel, Robert (1933-2020)

    Est: €200 - €300

    Hammerstiel, Robert (1933-2020) Small Mother, Christmas 1944, 2010 Woodcut, hand-printed Signed, dated, titled, and numbered: 28/33 Sheet size: 8,3 x 5,7 in / Plate size: 6,1 x 3,5 in Verso dedication: A blessed Christmas and a happy New Year to you, Dr., and to the gallery. Yours, Hammerstiel standard taxation

    Lehner Kunstauktionen
  • Robert Hammerstiel (1933 Vršac - Neunkirchen 2020)
    Dec. 06, 2025

    Robert Hammerstiel (1933 Vršac - Neunkirchen 2020)

    Est: €1,000 - €2,000

    Frühstück im Raum. Acryl auf Leinwand. Am unteren Bildrand mit ligiertem Monogramm: RH. Bildmaß: 50 x 50 cm.

    AaG Auktionshaus am Grunewald
  • Robert Hammerstiel (1933 Vršac - Neunkirchen 2020)
    Dec. 06, 2025

    Robert Hammerstiel (1933 Vršac - Neunkirchen 2020)

    Est: €1,600 - €2,000

    Ohne Titel. 1990. Acryl auf Leinwand. Am unteren Bildrand mit ligiertem Monogramm und datiert: RH, 90. Bildmaß: 101 x 100 cm.

    AaG Auktionshaus am Grunewald
  • Robert Hammerstiel (1933, Vršac, Yugoslavia - 2020, Neunkirchen)
    Dec. 06, 2025

    Robert Hammerstiel (1933, Vršac, Yugoslavia - 2020, Neunkirchen)

    Est: -

    Robert Hammerstiel (1933, Vršac, Yugoslavia - 2020, Neunkirchen) Linocut, "Orange Tree", signed and dated in pencil (19)92 lower right, titled in the center, approx. 19.5 x 18 cm (image size), framed behind glass (41 x 34.5 cm), unopened, frame with signs of wear

    Auktionshaus HanseArt
  • Robert Hammerstiel (1933, Vršac, Yugoslavia - 2020, Neunkirchen)
    Dec. 06, 2025

    Robert Hammerstiel (1933, Vršac, Yugoslavia - 2020, Neunkirchen)

    Est: -

    Robert Hammerstiel (1933, Vršac, Yugoslavia - 2020, Neunkirchen) 3 linocuts: 1 red rooster, signed in pencil lower right; 1 two owls, signed in pencil lower right, numbered 12/60 in the center; and 1 fox, signed in pencil lower right, approx. 35 x 45 - 49 x 34 cm (sheet size), framed behind glass (42.5 x 52.5 - 55 x 39.5 cm), unopened, frame with signs of wear

    Auktionshaus HanseArt
  • Robert Hammerstiel (1933, Vršac, Yugoslavia - 2020, Neunkirchen)
    Dec. 06, 2025

    Robert Hammerstiel (1933, Vršac, Yugoslavia - 2020, Neunkirchen)

    Est: -

    Robert Hammerstiel (1933, Vršac, Yugoslavia - 2020, Neunkirchen) Color woodcut, "View from the Window", signed in pencil lower right, approx. 64 x 49.5 cm (image size), framed behind glass (68 x 54 cm), unopened, frame with signs of wear

    Auktionshaus HanseArt
  • Hammerstiel, Robert (1933-2020)
    Dec. 04, 2025

    Hammerstiel, Robert (1933-2020)

    Est: €4,000 - €6,000

    Hammerstiel, Robert (1933-2020) The Old Man and the Dog, 2014 Acrylic on canvas Signed, dated, titled (in German, Cyrillic and Hungarian) and with reference to or commemoration of the Second World War: ‘70 years 1944/2014’ on the reverse. 27,5 x 19,7 in The composition is rigorously structured, the figures rendered in a schematic manner yet imbued with an inner warmth. The old man and his companion appear as symbols of loyalty, solitude, and quiet companionship—recurring themes throughout Hammerstiel’s entire oeuvre. In his unmistakable style, luminous colors, flat planes, and a clear, pared-down composition come together in harmonious balance.

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  • Hammerstiel, Robert (1933-2020)
    Dec. 04, 2025

    Hammerstiel, Robert (1933-2020)

    Est: €2,000 - €2,400

    Hammerstiel, Robert (1933-2020) Three Generations with Icons at a Table, 2018 Acrylic on canvas Monogrammed lower left and signed, titled and dated on the reverse 11,7 x 9,3 in

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  • Hammerstiel, Robert (*1933)
    Dec. 04, 2025

    Hammerstiel, Robert (*1933)

    Est: €6,000 - €8,000

    Hammerstiel, Robert (*1933) Message in the morning acrylic on canvas monogrammed lower right, signed and titled Verso 31,5 x 23,6 in In the beginning of a Painting from Robert Hammerstiel is a composition. The perfect interaction between colour and shape is, according to Hammerstiel, the highest aim of every work.

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  • Hammerstiel, Robert (1933-2020)
    Dec. 04, 2025

    Hammerstiel, Robert (1933-2020)

    Est: €3,000 - €4,000

    Hammerstiel, Robert (1933-2020) Still Life with an Appreciative View on My Birthplace, 2014 Acrylic on canvas Signed, dated and titled on the reverse 19,5 x 23,5 in Robert Hammerstiel is regarded as one of the defining storytellers of European post-war art. His work is characterized by a distinctive visual language that oscillates between folk art, symbolism, and modern formal rigor. Here, Hammerstiel intertwines personal memory with formal clarity. The still life functions not only as a classical motif but also as a vessel of biographical and collective remembrance. The composition, rendered in luminous colors, unites geometric order with emotional depth—symbols of a lost homeland in which nostalgia and reconciliation resonate in equal measure. The work stands as a prime example of Hammerstiel’s late period, in which autobiographical reflection and stylistic reduction merge into a meditative visual idiom.

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  • ROBERT HAMMERSTIEL: UNTITLED
    Dec. 03, 2025

    ROBERT HAMMERSTIEL: UNTITLED

    Est: €3,000 - €6,000

    Robert Hammerstiel Untitled 1986 oil on hardboard; framed 63.5 x 83 cm (cut-out) monogrammed and signed on the lower right: RH 86 private property, Austria

    Im Kinsky
  • ROBERT HAMMERSTIEL* (Vršac 1933 - 2020 Neunkirchen )
    Nov. 27, 2025

    ROBERT HAMMERSTIEL* (Vršac 1933 - 2020 Neunkirchen )

    Est: €400 - €600

    ROBERT HAMMERSTIEL* (Vršac 1933 - 2020 Neunkirchen ) Interior, 2016 oil/canvas 10 x 10 cm monogrammed RH verso signed, dated and inscribed Interieur Hammerstiel 2016 SCHÄTZPREIS / ESTIMATE € 400 - 600 STARTPREIS / STARTING PRICE € 400 Robert Hammerstiel grew up as the child of a Banat Swabian family in the Serbian quarter of Werschetz. His father had a bakery and painted on the side. In November 1944 Robert Hammerstiel was interned in several camps with his brother Alfred and his mother (his father was in the military) under miserable conditions. In August 1947 Robert Hammerstiel managed to escape with his mother and brother via Hungary to Lower Austria. From 1949 to 1953 he learned a trade in a bakery in Pottschach. From 1955 he worked in the steelworks in Ternitz. After his hands were burned, he was transferred to the archives in 1979. Hammerstiel had drawn and painted autodidactically from an early age. In addition to depicting motifs from his environment, Hammerstiel, who saw himself as a "survivor of many dead," began to come to terms with his traumatic childhood experiences in the late 1960s. In 1958, Hammerstiel won a sponsorship award from the Austrian Federation of Trade Unions at the exhibition "Talents Awakened - Talents Discovered." 1959-1961 he attended several seminars with Gerda Matejka-Felden in Vienna. In 1963-1966 he studied in further art seminars of the trade union federation with Robert Schmidt, who drew Hammerstiel's attention to woodcut. Other teachers were Gerhard and August Swoboda. In 1968 he took part in an art seminar in Recklinghausen and exhibited there. From about 1972 Hammerstiel occupied himself with biblical themes, especially in woodcuts. From 1975 he participated in several international art symposiums, near Mostar, in Prilep, Macedonia and several times in Budapest. Since 1968 Hammerstiel exhibited nationally and internationally. In 1985 he was awarded the title of professor by the Federal President Rudolf Kirchschläger. In 1988 Hammerstiel took early retirement, but remained active as a freelance artist. A trip to New York in 1988 was decisive for Hammerstiel's subsequent new phase of work. He turned to Pop Art, belatedly in terms of art history. He rediscovered color and radically simplified forms. He depicted spaces in a new way, dispensing with everything incidental. From then on, his work was characterized by a vivid colorfulness and a radical, striking reduction of form. In 2007, the Ringturm in Vienna was covered by a monumental work by Hammerstiel that showed the stations of his life. Further artists and styles: Woodcut, pop art, icon painting, Ernst Fuchs, Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Arnulf Rainer, Maria Lassnig, Imi Knoebel, Eva Hesse, Anselm Kiefer 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.

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  • Robert HAMMERSTIEL (1933-2020)
    Sep. 21, 2025

    Robert HAMMERSTIEL (1933-2020)

    Est: €300 - €600

    Robert HAMMERSTIEL (1933-2020) " Konfrontation " Gemälde- Öl auf Hartfaser, 41,5 cm x 27,5 cm, rechts unten monogrammiert Robert HAMMERSTIEL (1933-2020) " Confrontation " Painting- Oil on hardboard, 41.5 cm x 27.5 cm, monogrammed lower right

    Auktionshaus Kloss
  • ROBERT HAMMERSTIEL: DAS GESPRÄCH
    Jun. 17, 2025

    ROBERT HAMMERSTIEL: DAS GESPRÄCH

    Est: €5,000 - €10,000

    Robert Hammerstiel Das Gespräch 1976/77 oil on hardboard; framed 129.5 x 102.5 cm monogrammed and dated on the lower right: RH 76/77 signed, dated and inscribed on the reverse: Hammerstiel 1976/77 "Das Gespräch" private property, Vienna

    Im Kinsky
  • Hammerstiel, Robert (1933-2020)
    Jun. 04, 2025

    Hammerstiel, Robert (1933-2020)

    Est: €3,000 - €5,000

    Hammerstiel, Robert (1933-2020) The father with the daughter, 2018 Acrylic on canvas Monogrammed lower right and signed (in Latin and Cyrillic script), dated and titled on verso 15,8 x 19,7 in In the beginning of a Painting from Robert Hammerstiel is a composition. The perfect interaction between colour and shape is, according to Hammerstiel, the highest aim of every work.

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  • Hammerstiel, Robert (1933-2020)
    Jun. 04, 2025

    Hammerstiel, Robert (1933-2020)

    Est: €6,000 - €8,000

    Hammerstiel, Robert (1933-2020) Night in the pink room (Interieur red) Acrylic on canvas Monogrammed lower right and signed, dated and titled twice on verso 31,5 x 39,3 in framed In Hammerstiel's work, abstract figures without faces, reduced to outlines, posture and movement, speak a quiet but haunting language. Without any attention to detail, he creates dense scenes full of tension and atmosphere with flat bodies that overlap and penetrate each other. Whether indoors or outdoors, the relationship between the figures, their position in space and symbolic elements form a silent narrative that remains emotionally tangible despite its reduction. Provenance: Viennese private collection

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  • Hammerstiel, Robert (1933-2020)
    Jun. 04, 2025

    Hammerstiel, Robert (1933-2020)

    Est: €4,000 - €7,000

    Hammerstiel, Robert (1933-2020) A certain posture, 2007 Acrylic on canvas Monogrammed twice (Latin and Cyrillic) lower right and signed, dated and titled verso 31,5 x 31,5 in framed In Hammerstiel's work, abstract figures without faces, reduced to outlines, posture and movement, speak a quiet but haunting language. Without any attention to detail, he creates dense scenes full of tension and atmosphere with flat bodies that overlap and penetrate each other. Whether indoors or outdoors, the relationship between the figures, their position in space and symbolic elements form a silent narrative that remains emotionally tangible despite its reduction. Provenance: Viennese private collection

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  • Hammerstiel, Robert (1933-2020)
    Jun. 04, 2025

    Hammerstiel, Robert (1933-2020)

    Est: €5,000 - €6,000

    Hammerstiel, Robert (1933-2020) Room in red, 2001 Acrylic on canvas Monogrammed lower right and signed, dated and titled Verso 23,6 x 23,6 in framed In Hammerstiel's work, abstract figures without faces, reduced to outlines, posture and movement, speak a quiet but haunting language. Without any attention to detail, he creates dense scenes full of tension and atmosphere with flat bodies that overlap and penetrate each other. Whether indoors or outdoors, the relationship between the figures, their position in space and symbolic elements form a silent narrative that remains emotionally tangible despite its reduction. Provenance: Viennese private collection

    Lehner Kunstauktionen
  • Robert Hammerstiel - Aktstudie
    Apr. 05, 2025

    Robert Hammerstiel - Aktstudie

    Est: €600 - €900

    ROBERT HAMMERSTIEL (1933 Werschetz (Serbien) - 2020 Neunkirchen (Österreich)) Aktstudie Öl auf Hartfaserplatte, 13,3 x 9,4 cm, rechts unten monogrammiert. Der (Frauen-)Akt ist ein sehr seltenes Motiv im Werk Hammerstiels. Neben religiösen Themen widmete sich der Künstler in seinen Bildern insbesondere dem Leben und Leid des Menschen in oftmals alltäglichen Szenen.

    Kunstauktionshaus Leipzig
  • ROBERT HAMMERSTIEL POSTER
    Feb. 04, 2025

    ROBERT HAMMERSTIEL POSTER

    Est: €35 - €80

    HAMMERSTIEL, ROBERT (Werschetz 1933-2020 Neunkirchen, Austrian painter and graphic artist), signed poster: “Robert Hammerstiel. Homage to his 80th birthday. February 17 to March 24, 2013”, Galerie van Almsick, Gronau-Epe. Signed by the artist lower right, dated 24.3.2013 and with dedication. 42 x 29.5 cm.HAMMERSTIEL, ROBERT (Werschetz 1933-2020 Neunkirchen, österreichischer Maler und Grafiker), handsigniertes Plakat: "Robert Hammerstiel. Hommage zum 80. Geburtstag. 17. Februar bis 24. März 2013", Galerie van Almsick, Gronau-Epe. Unten rechts vom Künstler handsigniert, datiert 24.3.2013 und mit Widmung. 42 x 29,5 cm.

    Auktionshaus Rheine
  • ROBERT F. HAMMERSTIEL: DER PUNKTIERTE RAUM
    Dec. 05, 2024

    ROBERT F. HAMMERSTIEL: DER PUNKTIERTE RAUM

    Est: €2,500 - €5,000

    Robert F. Hammerstiel Der punktierte Raum 2002 oil on panel; framed 48.5 x 68 cm inscribed, signed and dated on the reverse: Der punktierte Raum, Hammerstiel 2002 private property, Vienna

    Im Kinsky
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