(St. Martin/Lofer 1887–1930 Vienna)
Still life with lidded vessel, apples and bottle, c. 1912, signed A. Faistauer, oil on cardboard, 38.5 x 52 cm, framed

Compare:
Franz Fühmann, Anton Faistauer, Residenz Verlag, 1972, cat. rais.
no. 37 (same lidded vessel)

We are grateful to Dr. Nikolaus Schaffer who confirmed this painting as a work by Anton Faistauer (email 8 October 2019)

Provenance:
Private Collection, Vienna

“... My fighting spirit has disappeared after I gave up trying to win the market over. My wares cost me a lot more than they can be worth to the buyer. Now I would rather perish than go out into the street; I would rather perish than let Mr so-and-so hang one of my paintings, even a small one, on a free nail on the wall above his desk, so that it fits in with the surrounding kitsch. I hate the market, the piecework for the buyer. I’d rather strangle myself with my own hands than have a bad painting bought cheaply. I may value others very highly because they do not buy juvenile works. I respect those who do not overestimate my work. I mock anyone who talks about its originality, genius, temperament or even power. Youth work in the arts is a sport. It should be: watch and practice. Every jump can bring death. So plausible! Only a lame man can claim that the youth possess motor power. I don’t want to break a leg or bend over and jump to the delight of a stupid old man who notes the jump, and goes to write that he has seen a young old man. Our shortcomings are our assets.”

A. Faistauer to Arthur Roessler, in: Arthur Roessler, Der Maler Anton Faistauer. Beiträge zur Lebens- und Schaffensgeschichte eines österreichischen Künstlers, Wiener Volksbuchverlag 1947