Otto Hans Ressler

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Otto Hans Ressler, taken in 2014 at the OstLicht gallery in Vienna.

Otto Hans Ressler (born November 12, 1948 in Knittelfeld , Styria ) is an Austrian writer , art expert and auctioneer .

Life

Otto Hans Ressler was born in Knittelfeld in 1948 and is the father of the artist Oliver Ressler .

After his original professional career as head of department and division of the Sparkasse der Stadt Knittelfeld, Ressler took over the management of the Dorotheum in Graz in 1978 and in 1986 the management of the art department of the Vienna Dorotheum.

In 1993, together with the art dealers Herbert Giese , Harald Schweiger, Kristian Scheed, Michael Kovacek and the lawyer Ernst Ploil, he founded “Die Wiener Kunstauktionen Ges.mbH” in the Kärntnerringhof in downtown Vienna. In 1999 the auction house moved to the Kinsky inner city palace in Vienna, and was appropriately renamed to “Auktionshaus im Kinsky GmbH” for the new location .

Ressler has been a sworn and court-certified art expert since 1995.

Contrary to the original plan to retire in 2015 in order to devote himself entirely to writing, Ressler founded the auction house “RESSLER KUNST.” Together with Peter Coeln , the boss of WestLicht and OstLicht , as well as the financial advisor Markus Schmut and the real estate developer Valentin Basilides AUKTIONEN GMBH ". The new auction house specializes in contemporary art, predominantly of Austrian origin, and regularly holds two auctions per year. It is located on the premises of the OstLicht gallery, on the site of the former Anker bread factory (Vienna) .

Ressler's activity as an auctioneer is not limited to his own auction house, but also includes many other auctions in the art sector, often on a voluntary basis, such as B. at the art auctions of the Bruno Kreisky Prize for services to human rights .

Awards

  • 1995 Award of the 1st Walter Nettig Prize as the most successful young company in Vienna
  • 1997 Award of the first top prize as a successful young company in Austria
  • 2015 Award Art Mediator of the Year 2015

Works

  • Das Spiel (short stories), European publishing house, Vienna 1976
  • Serenade for a lost word (short stories), Blaeschke Verlag, Klagenfurt 1980
  • Damaged pictures (anthology), Europa Verlag, Vienna 1985
  • Beautiful Profits , Ueberreuter, Vienna 1991
  • Border crossings (3 stories), edition umbruch, Vienna 1993
  • Symphonie erotique (anthology), Verlag Va Bene, Vienna 1995
  • Timeless (novella), Verlag Va Bene, Vienna 1996
  • The Art Market , Böhlau Verlag, Vienna 2001, ISBN 978-3-20599-389-6
  • The prices of art , Böhlau Verlag, Vienna 2004, ISBN 978-3-20577-285-9
  • Der Wert der Kunst , Böhlau Verlag, Vienna 2007, ISBN 978-3-20577-669-7
  • The girl with the hat , Böhlau Verlag, Vienna 2010, ISBN 978-3-20578-508-8
  • The Justice of Hell , Edition Va Bene, Vienna 2013, ISBN 978-3-85167-274-9
  • The deception. About the deceptive nature of art. , Edition Va Bene, Vienna 2014, ISBN 978-3-85167-277-0
  • Refuge. A refugee drama. , Edition Va Bene, Vienna 2014, ISBN 978-3-85167-286-2
  • Der Mikl , Edition Va Bene, Vienna 2015, ISBN 978-3-85167-287-9
  • Leherb , Edition Va Bene, Vienna 2016, ISBN 978-3-85167-295-4
  • Soshana , Edition Va Bene, Vienna 2016, ISBN 978-3-85167-302-9
  • The Defamation , Edition Splitter, Vienna 2019, ISBN 978-3-95044-043-0

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ SV homepage Otto Hans Ressler, the main association of sworn and court-certified experts in Austria
  2. ^ Art auctions of the Bruno Kreisky Foundation Bruno Kreisky Prize for Services to Human Rights
  3. ↑ [1]
personal data
SURNAME Ressler, Otto Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian writer, art expert and auctioneer
DATE OF BIRTH November 12, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Knittelfeld , Styria