Touching auction
Richard Lugner’s last work for the Red Cross
Until November 27, works by 90 celebrities can be purchased at Dorotheum as part of the online auction "Pictures for Education" organized by the Austrian Red Cross. The recently deceased Richard Lugner has also donated a picture signed by him. The aim: to enable as many children as possible to complete compulsory schooling.
"Just a few days after he received the canvas and paint from us, he sent us his work," reported ÖRK President Gerald Schöpfer. So far, 500 euros have been offered for his interpretation.
Highest bids for Wurm and Lindenberg
A work by the artist Erwin Wurm, for which 56 bids have already been made, is already at 7,000 euros. The work by musician Herbert Grönemeyer (so far 800 euros with 20 interested parties) and that by Udo Lindenberg (so far 2,000 euros with 38 interested parties) are also being eagerly bid on, the ÖRK announced.
Artistic challenge
The task was to create an interpretation of the Red Cross on canvas using paint and a brush.
In addition to Wurm, Grönemeyer, Lugner and Lindenberg, other artists who accepted the artistic challenge included The Dalai Lama, the musical duo Seiler and Speer, ski racer Matthias Mayer, opera singer Anna Netrebko, former Federal President Heinz Fischer, bestselling author Marc Elsberg, presenter Barbara Stöckl, ex-Formula 1 driver Gerhard Berger, actors Harald Krassnitzer and Gregor Seberg, cabaret artist Robert Palfrader, Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, journalist and ZIB presenter Armin Wolf and actress Senta Berger also accepted the artistic challenge.
Enabling as many children as possible to complete compulsory schooling
The proceeds from the Dorotheum's online auction will go to the ÖRK learning houses, which support children and young people with special needs from low-income families. In 13 learning houses across Austria, children and young people whose families are dependent on free learning support are accompanied in their learning. The aim is to enable as many children as possible to complete compulsory schooling.
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