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Béla Czóbel (4 September 1883 – 30 January 1976) was a Hungarian
Paris: Carnot, 2003, p. 50, accessed 1 February 2013 He became a student of
/ref> A painting by Czóbel, ''Portrait de Femme'', and a photograph of the artist were reproduced in the publication, along with a text about the artists work. During the First World War, Czóbel went to the Netherlands, where he continued to work in fauvist style. He also spent time in Berlin, where he became part of the New Secession movement. From 1925-1939, Czóbel settled in Paris, where he had a studio in Montparnasse. After the war, he exhibited and worked both in Budapest and Paris. He finally returned to Hungary for good in 1965. His niece, Anna Czóbel, became a well-known cinematographer.
''Hungarian Studies'', Vol. 19, No. 1-2, 1994, accessed 2 February 2013
Bécs, Kunstforum: ''Die Acht. Ungarns Highway in die Moderne''
, 2012, Bank Austria Kunstforum, accessed 29 January 2013
*Béla Czóbel Museum was established in
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Béla Czóbel (4 September 1883 – 30 January 1976) was a Hungarian painter
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ai ...
, known for his association with The Eight in the early 20th century in Budapest. They were known for introducing Post-Impressionist
Post-Impressionism (also spelled Postimpressionism) was a predominantly French art movement that developed roughly between 1886 and 1905, from the last Impressionist exhibition to the birth of Fauvism. Post-Impressionism emerged as a reaction ag ...
styles into Hungary, in addition to Fauvism
Fauvism /ˈfoʊvɪzm̩/ is the style of ''les Fauves'' (French language, French for "the wild beasts"), a group of early 20th-century modern artists whose works emphasized painterly qualities and strong colour over the Representation (arts), repr ...
, Cubism
Cubism is an early-20th-century avant-garde art movement that revolutionized European painting and sculpture, and inspired related movements in music, literature and architecture. In Cubist artwork, objects are analyzed, broken up and reassemble ...
and Expressionism
Expressionism is a modernist movement, initially in poetry and painting, originating in Northern Europe around the beginning of the 20th century. Its typical trait is to present the world solely from a subjective perspective, distorting it rad ...
.
Biography
Béla Czóbel was born to a Jewish-Hungarian family in Budapest in 1883.Adrian M. Darmon, ''Autour de l'art juif: Encyclopédie des peintres, photographes et sculpteurs''Paris: Carnot, 2003, p. 50, accessed 1 February 2013 He became a student of
Béla Iványi-Grünwald
Béla Iványi-Grünwald (6 May 1867 – 24 September 1940) was a Hungarian painter, a leading member of the Nagybánya artists' colony and founder of the Kecskemét artists' colony.
Life
Born in Som, Iványi-Grünwald began his artistic ...
in the Nagybánya free school, held in an artists' colony in what is now Baia Mare, Romania. In 1902, he went to Munich to study, where he became friends with Jules Pascin
Julius Mordecai Pincas (March 31, 1885 – June 5, 1930), known as Pascin (; erroneously or ), Jules Pascin, or the "Prince of Montparnasse", was a Bulgarian artist known for his paintings and drawings. He later became an American citizen ...
, Rudolf Levy
Rudolf Levy (15 July 1875, in Stettin – January 1944, in Italy or Auschwitz) was a German expressionist painter of Jewish ancestry.
Life
He came from an Orthodox family. While he was still a boy, they moved to Danzig, where he grew up. Aft ...
and Walter Bondy
Walter Bondy (28 December 1880, Prague - 17 September 1940, Toulon) was a German painter, art dealer, and critic, of Jewish ancestry; associated with the Berlin Secession.
Life and work
He was the eldest son of five children born to , an ind ...
. In 1904, like many other young artists from Hungary, he went to Paris for additional study; he attended the Académie Julian
The Académie Julian () was a private art school for painting and sculpture founded in Paris, France, in 1867 by French painter and teacher Rodolphe Julian (1839–1907) that was active from 1868 through 1968. It remained famous for the number a ...
as a pupil of Jean Paul Laurens.
His style at first reflected the principles of naturalism of the Nagybánya school. After meeting painters of the Fauves group in 1905 in Paris and seeing their work at the influential '' Salon d'Automne'' exhibit that year, he began to incorporate strong colors into his works.
Returning to Budapest, Czóbel joined other young painters first known as the "Neos", for striking out in directions different from the Nagybánya traditions. By 1909 they organized as The Eight. They had their first exhibit, ''New Pictures'', that year, their first as ''The Eight'' in 1911. The members included the leader Károly Kernstok, Róbert Berény, Dezső Czigány
Dezső Czigány (1 June 1883 – 31 December 1937) was a Hungarian painter who was born and died in Budapest. He was one of The Eight (1909–1918), who first exhibited under that name in Budapest in 1911 and were influential in introducing cubi ...
, Ödön Márffy, Dezső Orbán, Bertalan Pór, and Lajos Tihanyi.
Czóbel was interviewed by Gelett Burgess, prior to the publication of ''The Wild Men of Paris'', in Architectural Record, May 1910.Gelett Burgess, ''The Wild Men of Paris: Matisse, Picasso, and Les Fauves'', Architectural Record, May 1910/ref> A painting by Czóbel, ''Portrait de Femme'', and a photograph of the artist were reproduced in the publication, along with a text about the artists work. During the First World War, Czóbel went to the Netherlands, where he continued to work in fauvist style. He also spent time in Berlin, where he became part of the New Secession movement. From 1925-1939, Czóbel settled in Paris, where he had a studio in Montparnasse. After the war, he exhibited and worked both in Budapest and Paris. He finally returned to Hungary for good in 1965. His niece, Anna Czóbel, became a well-known cinematographer.
Exhibits
*1991-1992, ''Standing in the Storm: The Hungarian Avant-Garde from 1908-1930'', Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, California''Standing in the Storm: The Hungarian Avant-Garde from 1908-1930''''Hungarian Studies'', Vol. 19, No. 1-2, 1994, accessed 2 February 2013
Legacy
Major 21st-century exhibits in Europe have commemorated the Fauvists and the influence of The Eight in Hungary. * 2006, ''Hungarian Fauves from Paris to Nagybánya, 1904-1914'', 21 March—30 July 2006, Hungarian National Gallery''Hungarian Fauves from Paris to Nagybánya, 1904-1914: Exhibition in the Hungarian National Gallery, 21 March--30 July 2006'', Kristina Passuth and György Szǔcs, Lóránd Bereczky, 2006 * 2010, ''A Nyolcak (The Eight): A Centenary Exhibition,'' 10 December 2010 - 27 March 2011, Janus Pannonius Museum, Pécs * 2012, ''The Eight. Hungary's Highway in the Modern'' (Die Acht. Ungarns Highway in die Moderne), 12 September - 2 December 2012, Bank Austria Kunstforum, Wien, collaboration with Museum of Fine Arts and Magyar Nemzeti Galéria, Budapest., 2012, Bank Austria Kunstforum, accessed 29 January 2013
Szentendre
Szentendre () is a riverside town in Pest County, Hungary, between the capital city Budapest and Pilis Mountains, Pilis-Visegrád Mountains. The town is known for its museums (most notably the :hu: Szentendrei Szabadtéri Néprajzi Múzeum, Open- ...
, Hungary, where he often worked.
References
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Béla Czóbel
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