Sandor Wrabel
Morning in the Meadow Landscape by Sandor Wrabel
1979

About the Item

Wonderful atmospheric landscape titled "Reggel a reten" (Morning in the Meadow) by artist Wrabel Sándor (Austro-Hungarian, 1926-1992), 1979. Signed, titled and dated on verso and gallery sticker. Presented in rustic gilt-toned wooden frame. Image size: 17"H x 27"W. Framed size: 20"H x 29.50"W x 1.5"D. A reflection of his view of life and the world; vague and contorted in many ways. He graduated from the College of Fine Arts as the student of Pór Bertalan, he received his doctorate in Milan. He was sent to a labor camp to the Soviet Union in 1945. He painted a graphic series inspired by the Hungarian Revolution (popular uprising against Soviet occupation) of 1956. Later he represented all that devastation in his painting titled 'The Hungarian Golgotha'. He was harassed for decades. They tried to convince him to stay abroad. He could not work in Hungary. In the 60's he showed his works in Italy where he won several prices. He receive his doctorate in Milan. When in 1978 he was moved out of his house in Békásmegyer he moved to Pomáz. In Hungary, during his lifetime, he did not receive official recognition. In 2003 , on the occasion of the 47th anniversary of the 1956 Revolution and the War of Independence, the city of Pomáz awarded him the title of Honorary Citizen of Pomáz with his posthumous title. The community house of Békásmegyer – Ófalu , the Szent József House, named one of its halls after him. In 2011 , the National Memorial and Reverence Committee declared the grave in the Óbuda cemetery part of the National Cemetery. [12] In 2013, the local government of Óbuda-Békásmegyer initiated the change of the name of a public area to Wrabel Sándor Street. [13] Exhibitions Editing 1961 - "Among Working People", Ernst Museum , Budapest (selected group exhibition) 1965 - Collettiva dei pittori ungheresi, G. Rotunda, Milan , Bertinoro, Naples [14] 1966 - International Fair, Milan (International Documentary and TV Film Exchange) 1967 - International Fair, Milan (selected group exhibition) 1968 - International Fair, Milan (selected group exhibition) 1991 - Csepel Gallery , Budapest (leporello) 1995 - MDF Headquarters, Óbuda (memorial exhibition) 1999 - Hunting days, Nagymaros 2004 - House of Hungarians (MVSZ), Budapest. (Hungarian Psalms) 2004 - Brothers Muses Gallery (Teleki-Wattay School of Art), Pomáz (memorial exhibition) 2005 - Christian Museum , Esztergom (memorial exhibition) 2008 - Postal Museum, Budapest (Confessions - posthumous exhibition) 2011 - Csillaghegy Cellar Gallery, Budapest 2012 - St. Joseph House in Békásmegyer, Budapest (memorial exhibition) 2012 - Óbuda Cultural Center (San Marco Gallery), Budapest (memorial exhibition) 2014 - House of Germans in Hungary, Budapest (memorial exhibition) Awards, recognitions Editing 1965 - Pro Bertinoro Award [15] 1965 - Silver Medal - International Fair, Milan 1965 - Gold Medal - International Fair, Milan 1967 - Honorary Diploma of the Italian Council of Ministers 1975 - Prize of the French-Italian Institute in Rome. 2003 - Title of Honorary Citizen of Pomáz (posthumous) 2006 - '56 Commemorative Medal, Csepel '56 Commemorative Committee (posthumous) [16] Literature Editing Ernő Nagy Bavaria : Talent - In Talon. Free Earth , XX. year No. 32 Of 9 August 1964 György Beregszászi: The painter of nature. Nimrod, X. year No. 8 (Aug 1978) Dr. Miklós Losonci: Magyar Golgota: (introductory doc.) . Budapest: Csepel Gallery. 1991. Ferenc Nagy: The vomiting of a Renaissance man. Methodological Review, (Jan. 1993)

Creator:

Sandor Wrabel (1926 - 1992, Hungarian, Austro-Hungarian)

Creation Year:

1979

Dimensions:

Height: 20 in (50.8 cm)Width: 29.5 in (74.93 cm)Depth: 1.5 in (3.81 cm)

Medium:

Oil,Canvas

Movement & Style:

Impressionist

Period:

1970-1979