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Rudolf Raimund Ballabene was born in Zurndorf in Burgenland in 1890. He came from a patrician family in Prague and was the youngest son of a total of ten siblings. Ballabene studied German literature and philosophy in Prague from 1909 because his father forbade him to study painting. He devoted himself to journalism and acting, from 1913 he was part of the ensemble of the Royal German State Theater in Prague. After the end of the First World War he devoted himself entirely to painting and concentrated on landscapes and still lifes with flowers. During the Second World War, Ballabene's artistic career stalled, in 1941 all of his paintings were confiscated and in 1943 he was banned from working. In 1945 he came to Vienna and was able to make a living from his painting despite the difficult economic situation. He received support from the Burgenland provincial government through occasional orders and purchases. The 1950s are a high point in his work, after the mid-1960s he increasingly turned to abstraction. His landscapes and figural scenes are particularly expressive and dynamic. Various exhibitions followed: 1958 Österreichische Staatsdruckerei, Vienna, Österreichische Lesehalle in Zagreb, 1959 Galerie Gurlitt, Munich, 1960 National Arts Club, New York, 1991 Landesgalerie Eisenstadt. The years up to his death in 1968 were rich in creativity and produced mature and powerful images that show the painter's visionary hallucinatory power. Ballabene's name remains one of the most famous among Austrian artists.

Condition: good

Creation Year: 1930s

Measurements: UNFRAMED: 42,0x30,0cm/16,5x11,8in

Object Type: Unframed watercolor

Style: Modern Art

Technique: watercolor and charcoal on paper

Inscription: signed with monogramm