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Anton Faistauer attended Scheffer’s private painting school in Vienna from 1904 to 1906 and went on to study at the Viennese Academy of Fine Art (Akademie der bildenden Künste). Together with Kolig, Wiegele, Schiele and others he founded the Neukunstgruppe in 1909, as a protest against the conservative academic art business. He travelled to Italy and Germany on several occasions. In 1919 he began living in Salzburg where he instigated the progressive artists’ association “Der Wassermann”. From 1926 on Faistauer worked in Vienna. French painting – especially Paul Cézanne – was very important for his artistic development. Anton Faistauer took part in several national and international exhibitions (Munich, Vienna, Dresden and Rome). In the 1920’s, Faistauer counted among the most significant Austrian fresco painters. The artist proved his literary talent in a book on contemporary art entitled “Neue Malerei in Österreich” (New Painting in Austria) and published in 1922/23. Even in his lifetime his paintings were exhibited regularly and his work was in high esteem in collectors’ circles. Faistauer is considered one of the most important pioneers of modern Austrian painting, among Klimt, Schiele, Kokoschka and Boeckl. As opposed to the up-to-date avant-garde, however, Faistauer always remained faithful to the great occidental painting tradition.
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