Gustav Hessing: career timeline
Austrian · 1909–1981 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 33 of 50 lots (65% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.
| Decade made | Works | Sold | Median sold price | Main medium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 4 | 4 | $7.2kSign up | Watercolor |
| 1940s | 3 | 3 | $4.8kSign up | Oil |
| 1950s | 11 | 11 | $2.8kSign up | Watercolor |
| 1960s | 14 | 10 | $3.7kSign up | Oil |
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1930s 4 works
- Sold
- 4 of 4
- Median
- $7.2kSign up
- Average
- $8.4kSign up
- Typical size
- 29.5 × 28.5 in (75 × 72 cm)
- Mediums
- Watercolor (2), Oil (2)
- Subjects
- Markets & villages (1), Figures & portraits (1)
c. 1930 Monastery$1.2kSign up
1932 Salzburg - view of the old town$1.3kSign up
1935 Stadt$13.1kSign up
1938 Portrait of a woman$17.9kSign up
1940s 3 works
- Sold
- 3 of 3
- Median
- $4.8kSign up
- Average
- $7.1kSign up
- Typical size
- 37 × 30 in (94 × 76 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (2), Mixed media (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (2)
c. 1945 Portrait of a lady$4.2kSign up
1947 Self-portrait$12.1kSign up
1949 Harlequin and Colombine$4.8kSign up
1950s 11 works
- Sold
- 11 of 11
- Median
- $2.8kSign up
- Average
- $9.4kSign up
- Typical size
- 18.5 × 26 in (48 × 67 cm)
- Mediums
- Watercolor (6), Oil (4), Mixed media (1)
- Subjects
- Flowers & still life (2), Markets & villages (2), Figures & portraits (1)
c. 1950 Still Life with Jug and Bottle$2.3kSign up
c. 1950 Lying nude$5.5kSign up
1951 Still life$2.8kSign up
1952 Village landscape$923Sign up
c. 1952 Woman with a squirrel$37.5kSign up
1952 Favourite$22.5kSign up
1954 Winter evening$923Sign up
c. 1954 Femalde nude$2.9kSign up
c. 1955 Seated female nude$24.7kSign up
c. 1955 Village green$1.4kSign up
1956 Winter landscape$1.5kSign up
1960s 14 works
- Sold
- 10 of 14
- Median
- $3.7kSign up
- Average
- $6kSign up
- Typical size
- 21 × 25 in (54 × 64 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (6), Watercolor (5), Mixed media (3)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (2), Landscapes (1)
1960 Schlossmauer in Himberg$11.6kSign up
c. 1960 Nude$2.2kSign up
c. 1960 Landscape with trees$1.6kSign up
1960 Vösendorf$15kSign up
1960 Schaf$404Sign up
1962 SteepleUnsold
1963 The laplanderUnsold
1963 Portrait of Ms. SchwarzerUnsold
1963 Portrait of Ludwig Schwarzer$5.5kSign up
1965 New York$5.1kSign up
1965 Brooklyn Bridge, New York$629Sign up · sold 2×
1965 Dächer$16kSign up
Creation date not recorded
17 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.
Undated, sold in the 2010s 9 works
- Sold
- 8 of 9
- Median
- $2.5kSign up
- Average
- $9kSign up
- Typical size
- 19.5 × 24 in (50 × 61 cm)
- Mediums
- Watercolor (4), Oil (4), Mixed media (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1), Landscapes (1), Flowers & still life (1)
sold 2014 Untitled$1.8kSign up
sold 2014 Convolute: 4 works$3.1kSign up
sold 2017 Portrait of a lady$9.4kSign up
sold 2017 Baumgruppe$713Sign up
sold 2017 Waldlandschaft$674Sign up
sold 2017 Dorfansicht$809Sign up
Show 3 more (2010s)
sold 2019 Landscape with churchUnsold
sold 2019 Two female nudes$43.8kSign up
sold 2019 Still life with bottles$12kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2020s 8 works
- Sold
- 7 of 8
- Median
- $2.2kSign up
- Average
- $2.3kSign up
- Typical size
- 18.5 × 22.5 in (47 × 57 cm)
- Mediums
- Watercolor (3), Mixed media (3), Gouache (1)
- Subjects
- Landscapes (3), Figures & portraits (2), Flowers & still life (1)
sold 2021 Landscape with trees$2.8kSign up
sold 2021 Vienna Woods$2.8kSign up
sold 2021 Portrait of a woman$4kSign up
sold 2022 Grazing animals$808Sign up
sold 2022 HarlequinUnsold
sold 2022 Portrait of a woman$2.1kSign up
Show 2 more (2020s)
sold 2022 Landscape with houses$1.4kSign up
sold 2024 Still life with fruits ("Buchegger")$2.2kSign up
Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All Gustav Hessing auction results →