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"Cubist Figure, " Brilliant Painting by Béla Kádár, Hungarian Master

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Brilliantly painted in striking shades of tomato red, green-blue and chalky white, this painting was made by Béla Kádár, increasingly appreciated and collected today as Hungary's great master of Cubist and Art Deco-inspired figural paintings. Here Kádár uses watercolor and gouache to capture a rotund figure with hints of face, hands and feet, surrounded by a patchwork of vibrating color. The painter painted murals in Budapest before moving to Western Europe, where he exhibited in Berlin. Later, the great American art patron Katherine Dreier befriended the artist and arranged for two exhibitions of his work at the Brooklyn Museum of Art in the 1920s.
  • Creator:
    Bela Kadar (Painter)
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 14 in (35.56 cm)Width: 11.5 in (29.21 cm)Depth: 0.1 in (2.54 mm)
  • Style:
    Art Deco (Of the Period)
  • Materials and Techniques:
  • Place of Origin:
  • Period:
  • Date of Manufacture:
    circa 1920s
  • Condition:
  • Seller Location:
    Philadelphia, PA
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU86514978213
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