Albert N. Francis

Autumn Road - Albert N. Francis

1919

Striking regionalist painting by American/Hungarian artist Charles Harsanyi. Autumn Colors in Stephenstown NY. 15" x 20" Oil on board with bold brushwork housed in a 19.25 x 24.25 white washed period frame. Charles Harsanyi (American, 1905-1973) Charles E. Harsanyi was born in Tapolcza, Hungary in 1905. He studied at the Royal Academy in Budapest, Hungary with A. Bankhard from 1923 to 1928. Nineteen years later, in 1947, Harsanyi moved to the U. S., settling in Jackson Heights, New York. The painter and drawing specialist became a member of numerous prestigious art clubs including the Salmagundi Club, The Society of Independent Artists and the Allied Artists of America. Harsanyi served as an awards director and chairman of admissions for the Audubon Artists Association during the 1950s. Later in life after living in Stephentown, New York and Cape Coral, Florida, Harsanyi passed away in Fort Myers, Florida in 1973. STUDIED Royal Academy in Budapest, Hungary with A. Bankhard, 1923-28 MEMBER Salmagundi Club, 1941 Brooklyn Painters & Sculptors American Artists Congress Society of Independent Artists Audubon Artists Association, jury awards director, 1952; chairman admissions committee, 1953; nominating committee, 1955, 1956 Artists Fellow Allied Artists of America, life member; jury awards 1945; jury selection, 1954 AWARDS Long Island Art League, 1954 (prize) Cumberland Valley Artists, 1949, 1950, 1952 (prizes) EXHIBITIONS: Society of Independent Artists, 1929, 1930, 1936-40, 1943, 1944 National Academy of Design, 1933-55 Salons of America, 1934 Brooklyn Museum, 1934 Corcoran Gallery, 1935-51 (four times) Allied Artists of America, 1935-53 (bronze medals 1944, 1953) Doctor Saharunis Art Gallery, Naples, Florida, 1970s American Federation of Arts traveling exhibit Farnsworth Museum, 1950 Springfield Museum of Art, 1947-50 Denver Art Museum, 1937-39 Washington County Museum of Fine Art, 1937-46 (prizes 1938, 39, 41, 43, 54) (gold medal 1946) Butter Art Institute, 1953 World's Fair, New York, 1939 Baltimore Museum of Art, 1939 Art Institute of Chicago, 1941-44 Cincinnati Art Museum, 1941 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1942, 1948, 1949 Salmagundi Club, 1946 (prize), 1951 (prize) Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, 1942, 1943, 1945, 1953, 1955 (William Bradford...

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