Akos Biro

20th Century French Expressionist Bright & Colourful Abstract Interior Scene

AKOS BIRO (HUNGARIAN 1911-2002) watercolour/ crayon, signed size: 5.75 x 8.75 inches Beautifully colourful, original painting by the very popular and highly regarded Hungarian/ Fre...

Colourful Mountain Road by Akos Biro (Hungarian 1911-2002) pastel painting on artist paper, unframed painting: 9 x 12 inches provenance: the artists estate, France Super...

AKOS BIRO (HUNGARIAN 1911-2002) watercolour, signed size: 6.5 x 9.75 inches Beautifully colourful, original painting by the very popular and highly regarded Hungarian/ French paint...

Blue Mountain Landscape by Akos Biro (Hungarian 1911-2002) pastel painting on artist paper, unframed painting: 9 x 12 inches provenance: the artists estate, France Superb...

Mid-century oil pastel abstract incorporating a vast array of color and unique shapes by artist D. Wargon, circa 1950. Signed lower right. Original artwork on paper displayed on a...

Abstract Composition is an original artwork realized in the mid-20th Century. Mixed colored pastel on paper. Unreadable signature of the artist on lower margin. Includes gilded fr...

Sloyer Untitled, 1976 Oil on canvas 36 1/4 x 24 x 1 3/8 in. Artist label verso (text slightly obscured) Signed on stretcher bar

This painting is signed in ink by the artist "Antal Biro" in the lower left corner. It is also dated "20.6.1956" next to the signature. Provenance: The Bergman Collection, The Israel Museum Jerusalem. Charlotte Bergman, who died in Jerusalem on July 17 2003, one month before her 99th birthday, was unique among the museum's benefactors. She lived on the premises of the Israel Museum for three decades, and died there. When she made aliyah from New York to Israel in the 60's, the Belgian-born Bergman brought her collection of modern art with her and helped Jerusalem ex-mayor Teddy Kollek found the museum. As the childless widow of an English architect, she promised to bequeath her paintings, sculptures and ceramics by such 20th century masters as Marc Chagall, Raoul Dufy, Henry Moore and Pablo Picasso to the museum. In return, she asked to build a home within the campus, sharing its security. She wouldn't have to put her treasures in a vault. She could live with them and savor them with her friends. After her death the museum plans to keep the white, single-story house and its 200 art works intact. Although he would not put a figure on it, they are believed to be worth many millions of dollars. They include a portrait in oils of a young Charlotte Bergman by Dufy, a personal friend, and a set of small-format Henry Moore bronzes...