What is the work of the Argentine artist that sold for 1.6 million euros and what is it inspired by?
Helmut Ditsch is the visual artist who achieved a record for Argentine art. The colossal work measures 2 x 12 meters and was acquired by the private foundation of Han Peter Haselsteiner.
A work by Argentine artist Helmut Ditsch , inspired by the Perito Moreno glacier , was sold for 1.6 million euros , setting a record for national art. The monumental painting, 2m high and 12m long, was acquired by HPH Privatstiftung, the private foundation of Han Peter Haselsteiner.
Helmut Ditsch is known for his impressive works that portray Argentine nature in all its splendor, in this case, the glacier located in the Patagonian region. This colossal work by Perito Moreno was painted in oil on canvas and took almost a year of work , recycling his classic technique.
The technique used is the same one he uses to paint mountains, rivers, deserts and the sea, carrying out the relevant studies immersed in nature until capturing the aura and details of the scene, reported Noticias Argentinas.
Born in 1962 in the Buenos Aires municipality of San Martín, Ditsch had already been the protagonist of two other sales milestones for national art .
In 2010, one of his works inspired by the Atlantic Ocean (El Mar II) reached 875 thousand dollars (surpassing the record set by Antonio Berni with "Desocupados" [Unemployed]); and six years later, he revalidated the milestone with the monumental Cosmigonón, which also recreates the Perito Moreno glacier - one of the main motifs of Ditsch's work - (7.30 meters long by 2.73 meters high), acquired by another European company for 1.5 million dollars.
Now, the largest ice sculpture made by the artist from Buenos Aires was purchased for 1,615,900 euros , reaching a record for an Argentine artist. The buyer was HPH Privatstiftung (Hans Peter Haselsteiner Private Foundation), an entity of the owner of Strabag, one of the most important construction companies in Europe, based in Vienna.
About Helmut Ditsch, the Argentine artist with great sales achievementsDitsch lived in Argentina until he was 26. At that age, the artist left the country for Europe, entering the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna.
After receiving an important commission from the Austrian National Bank in 1997, he became a centre of attention for numerous collectors for his large-format nature paintings, most of them inspired by Argentine scenery.
He then settled in Ireland and currently lives in Vaduz, the capital of Liechtenstein, at the foot of the Alps.
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