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Alfons Walde died of heart failure on December 11, 1958, in Kitzbühel; see the coincidence, ehm, I was born precisely a dozen days later and nothing... I mean, no, actually he was born 67 years earlier in Oberndorf.
From 1910 to 1914, he studied architecture at the "Technische Hochschule" in Vienna, continuing his training as a painter as well.
In the Danube metropolis, he moves in artistic circles that include Egon Leo Adolf Ludwig Schiele and Gustav Klimt, and he is influenced by Ferdinand Hodler.
In 1911, Walde held his first exhibition in Innsbruck, and in 1913, he presented paintings at the prestigious "Secession of Vienna" exhibition.
From 1914 to 1917, he actively participated in World War I as a Tyrolean Kaiserschütze in the high mountains.
After returning to Kitzbühel, he dedicated himself entirely to painting and continued to participate in exhibitions at the "Secession" and the "Künstlerhaus" in Vienna during the 1920s.
He also exhibited at the "Biennale Romana" in Rome in 1925.
He founded his own art publishing house in 1923 and used his paintings to produce both postcards and prints and posters as a graphic artist, which became "family motifs" in large sections of society.
It was little known that Walde had also created a rich erotic production featuring numerous nudes, some of which have only been published recently; for example, in the painting “Donna seduta con la gamba incrociata,” he managed to create a mysteriously erotic atmosphere through the blurred drawing and color.
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