Aries art trade

Widder art trade in Johannesgasse

The art trade Aries is a gallery in downtown Vienna , the Austrian and German art of the 20th century is specialized. The focus is on art from the interwar period and classical modernism .

history

The Widder art trade was founded in 2000 by Roland Widder together with his sister. The siblings were born with a passion for art. Her mother had been buying and selling Austrian classical modern art since the 1970s. The re-establishment of the company brought with it the move to Vienna. Roland Widder has been the sole managing partner of the art trade since 2011. In 2014 the gallery was expanded to include a further sales and exhibition space in Johannesgasse.

Gallery program

With the first exhibitions and publications, the gallery focused on “forgotten” artists of the 1920s and 1930s . In 1999 Claudia Widder helped organize a retrospective in the new gallery of the city of Linz , in which she acquired loans and wrote catalogs. In 2000, the newly founded art dealer Widder dedicated its first publication to the Tyrolean painter Herbert Gurschner , whose estate he tracked down in the United States and Great Britain and has represented since then. The work by Erich Schmid , Theodor Alescha , Georg Ehrlich and Hermann Serient followed .

A special discovery of the Widder art trade was the estate of the artist Karl Hauk , which was recognized accordingly in several exhibitions and catalogs for the first time in 2008 and again in 2016. In 2010 the gallery published a publication with works by Willy Eisenschitz , who moved to France in 1912. In the same year a catalog was published with works from the estate of the painter Trude Waehner , who had to emigrate to New York in 1938. Since 2017, the Widder art dealer has also managed the estate of the artist Carry Hauser , which was presented in an extensive catalog and exhibition in 2018. The publications and exhibitions are preceded by research, travel and a deepening in the life and work of the respective artist. The contact with descendants and former friends as well as acquaintances of the artists plays an important role.

In addition to classical modernism, the Widder art trade is also dedicated to contemporary positions. A monograph on the Austrian artist Hermann Serient was published in 2005, and further publications and exhibitions followed. In 2009 there was an exhibition with an accompanying catalog about the Carinthian artist Giselbert Hoke . Since 2012, two catalogs with works by the French-based artist Gottfried Salzmann have been published . In 2015, the Widder art dealer presented an exhibition with works by Manfred Jürschik, which was also accompanied by a publication.

Since the 2000s, the Widder art trade has also been dealing with German art from the interwar period. The first publication appeared in 2017 with works by German artists that were presented at the Art Karlsruhe art fair that same year . It is important to the gallery to take a look from Austrian art of the 1920s and 1930s to neighboring Germany. The expanded perspective on artists such as Hans Spiegel , Josef Eberz , Gottfried Graf or George Grosz makes it possible to embed the domestic positions in a larger environment, to establish references and parallels.

With the deepening of the focus on Austrian art of the interwar period and the specialization in individual artists, the number of employees has also increased. A sales catalog with works of art and accompanying texts is published every autumn. In addition to researching and issuing publications, the organization of exhibitions and participation in trade fairs, the gallery's activities also include the maintenance and support of individual artist estates and the presentation of the artists and the Hagenbund artists' association on the Internet.

Trade fair participation

The Widder art trade takes part in the Art & Antique art fairs in the Vienna Hofburg , the Wikam in Palais Ferstel and Palais Niederösterreich , the Wikam in Laxenburg Castle , Art Austria and Art Karlsruhe .

Loans to museums

The Widder art dealer made loans available to museums and works with the Belvedere , the Leopold Museum , the Wien Museum , the Jewish Museum of the City of Vienna , the Rupertinum in Salzburg, the Upper Austrian State Museum , the Museum Schloss Bruck , the Lentos Museum and the City Museum Innsbruck together.

Interior view of the gallery in Johannesgasse

Publications

Herbert Gurschner. A Tyrolean in London . Kunsthandel Widder, Vienna 2000, ISBN 3-7022-2362-2 .
Herbert Gurschner. Special print for the exhibition in the Innsbruck City Museum . Widder art trade, Innsbruck 2001.
Hermann Serient . Widder art trade, Vienna 2001.
Herbert Gurschner. Graphics . Widder art trade / Gallery for the Old Ötztal, Ötz 2002.
Georg Ehrlich. Graphic work . Kunsthandel Widder, Vienna 2002, ISBN 3-85252-465-2 .
Erich Schmid . Kunsthandel Widder, Vienna 2002, ISBN 3-852 52-513-6 .
Theodor Alescha. A painter on the move . Kunsthandel Widder, Vienna 2003, ISBN 978-3-85252-564-8 .
Artists & Cosmopolitans . Autumn catalog Kunsthandel Widder, Vienna 2004.
Tradition & modernity . Autumn catalog Kunsthandel Widder, Vienna 2005.
Hermann Serient. Works 1965–2005 . Kunsthandel Widder, Vienna 2005, ISBN 3-85252-689-2 .
Panopticon. Two centuries of Austrian art . Autumn catalog Kunsthandel Widder, Vienna 2006, ISBN 978-3-99028-769-9 .
Change of look . Autumn catalog Kunsthandel Widder, Vienna 2007, ISBN 978-3-99028-767-5 .
To the south. Karl Hauk, Theodor Alescha, Willy Eisenschitz . Widder art trade, Vienna 2008.
Expression & objectivity . Autumn catalog Kunsthandel, Vienna 2008, ISBN 978-3-99028-768-2 .
Giselbert Hoke . Kunsthandel Widder, Vienna 2009, ISBN 978-3-85252-488-7 .
Karl Hauk. Monograph . Kunsthandel Widder, Vienna 2008, ISBN 978-3-85252-970-7 .
Karl Hauk . Kunsthandel Widder, Vienna 2008, ISBN 978-3-85252-969-1 .
Expressive realism . Autumn catalog Kunsthandel Widder, Vienna 2009, ISBN 978-3-99028-770-5 .
Trude Waehner . Kunsthandel Widder, Vienna 2010, ISBN 978-3-900000-80-6 .
Willy Eisenschitz . Kunsthandel Widder, Vienna 2010, ISBN 978-3-900000-88-2 .
Collecting . Autumn catalog Kunsthandel Widder, Vienna 2010, ISBN 978-3-85252-668-3 .
Hermann Serient . Kunsthandel Widder, Vienna 2011, ISBN 978-3-902416-21-6 .
Carry Hauser . Kunsthandel Widder, Vienna 2011, ISBN 978-3-902416-85-8 .
Willy Eisenschitz . Kunsthandel Widder, Vienna 2011, ISBN 978-3-902416-86-5 .
Matter of opinion . Autumn catalog Kunsthandel Widder, Vienna 2011, ISBN 978-3-99028-022-5 .
Gottfried Salzmann . Kunsthandel Widder, Vienna 2012, ISBN 978-3-99028-059-1 .
Willy Eisenschitz . Kunsthandel Widder, Vienna 2012, ISBN 978-3-99028-058-4 .
Trude Waehner . Kunsthandel Widder, Vienna 2012, ISBN 978-3-99028-156-7 .
Known - unknown . Autumn catalog Kunsthandel Widder, Vienna 2012, ISBN 978-3-99028-157-4 .
Encounters . Autumn catalog Kunsthandel Widder, Vienna 2013, ISBN 978-3-99028-275-5 .
Gottfried Salzmann. Vienna - Paris - New York . Kunsthandel Widder, Vienna 2014, ISBN 978-3-99028-332-5 .
Image journey . Autumn catalog Kunsthandel Widder, Vienna 2014, ISBN 978-3-99028-405-6 .
Willy Eisenschitz. French landscapes . Kunsthandel Widder, Vienna 2014, ISBN 978-3-99028-408-7 .
Manfred Juerschik. Aspects of nature . Kunsthandel Widder, Vienna 2015, ISBN 978-3-99028-487-2 .
Trude Waehner. District Museum Josefstadt. Stones of Memory Josefstadt . Widder art trade, Vienna 2015.
Opportunities . Autumn catalog Kunsthandel Widder, Vienna 2015, ISBN 978-3-99028-507-7 .
Carry Hauser - The Book of the City . Kunsthandel Widder, Vienna 2015, ISBN 978-3-99028-508-4 .
Karl Hauk. Between Expressionism and New Objectivity . Kunsthandel Widder, Vienna 2016, ISBN 978-3-99028-587-9 .
Perspectives . Autumn catalog Kunsthandel Widder 2016, Vienna 2016, ISBN 978-3-99028-611-1 .
Expressive realism in Germany . Kunsthandel Widder, Vienna 2017, ISBN 978-3-99028-651-7 .
Passion for collecting . Autumn catalog Kunsthandel Widder, Vienna 2017, ISBN 978-3-99028-716-3 .
Carry Hauser - works from the estate . Kunsthandel Widder, Vienna 2018, ISBN 978-3-99028-731-6 .

Web links

Website
Literature by and about the Widder art trade in the catalog of the German National Library