Erwin Stolz

(Giesshuebel, Sauerbrunn, 1896 - Vienna, 1987)

Erwin Stolz was a Czech painter and draftsman, also an agricultural engineer, who devoted himself to painting and industrial graphics after the war. He attended many art courses in Vienna. Stolz followed various artistic currents. His portraits are painted with freedom and in symbolism and in excellent graphic quality. Later, in the 1920s, he also became interested in expressionist painting and new objectivity, which can be seen in some portraits and nudes. After the Second World War, however, his painting was mostly surreal. Stolz excelled mainly in drawing with ink, as he depicted depth, atmospheric feeling and tonality through the lines (summarized from Wikipedia).