Alfred Reth Paintings

Hungarian, 1884-1966

Born Alfred Roth February 29, 1884 in Budapest and died in September 1966 in Paris was a Hungarian painter, naturalized French, considered one of the main figures of the Avant-garde and the School of Paris. Is the eighth child of a modest Hungarian family. At the end of his schooling, he became a bank employee, as his father wished. From his childhood, Alfréd got to know István Farkas and László Mednyánszky. He befriends the first and the second teaches him to paint. This is where his interest in Buddhism and oriental art was born. In 1903, he binds with the colony of painters of Nagybánya and begins to work under the direction of Károly Ferenczy. In 1905, he left for Paris with József Egry. In France, he worked in the studio of J. E. Blanche in Montmartre. He met the orientalist Jean Buchot through Mednyánszky and developed his interest in Hindu and Khmer art which he discovered at the Musée Guimet. He discovered Cézanne at Ambroise Vollard then at the Salon d'Automne in 1907; he did not join the Fauve group but was part of the cubist movement from 1911. He exhibited 3 paintings at the Salon des Indépendants, hung between those of Matisse and Rouault, and reiterated in 1911: his paintings rubbed shoulders with those of Braque, to whom he would be close later, Léger, Lhote, Metzinger, de Segonzac. He is one of the many so-called painters of the School of Paris. In 1913, he was invited to participate in an exhibition devoted to Cubism in Berlin by the Galerie der Sturm, where he represented French contemporary art with 80 paintings and drawings. Also in 1913, his works were presented in Budapest during a Cubist exhibition. In 1914, with the outbreak of the First World War, he was interned as a citizen of a country enemy of France. The end of the war marked the beginning of the Roaring Twenties, the return of foreign collectors and their large purchases of modern works, an intense, creative and worldly life in a Paris that wanted to compete with Berlin. He is one of the first to embark on the path of abstraction, in the 1920s his paintings are games of lines and planes, curves and strangely figurative. Member of the Abstraction group - creation: Non-figurative art in 1931 with Arp, Georges Valmier, Herbin, Kupka, etc. whose goal is to disseminate abstract art and organize exhibitions, which will be active until 1936. In 1946, after the Second World War, the Salon des Réalités Nouvelles is formed with which he will exhibit. At the end of his life, Réth will always be in the abstract movement, but he will also return to figuration and the collages he had started in 1906, with paper and adding collage of colored printed fabrics. The materials that captivated him then were a major axis in his work until 1960. The year of his death in 1966, it was in Chicago that a retrospective was given to him.

Artist: Alfred Reth

Alfred RethAbstract Composition - Signed Painting Hungarian Cubism, 1939

$23,500

Abstract Composition - Signed Painting Hungarian Cubism

By Alfred Reth

Located in London, GB

ALFRED RETH 1884-1966 Budapest 1884-1966 Paris (Hungarian/French) Title: Abstract Composition, 1939 Technique: Original Signed and Dated Oil and Mixed Technique painting on Board ...

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1930s Cubist Alfred Reth Paintings

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Oil

Alfred RethAlfred Reth. Abstract composition. ca. 1928. Oil on canvas. 64 x 50 cm., 1928

$34,363

Alfred Reth. Abstract composition. ca. 1928. Oil on canvas. 64 x 50 cm.

By Alfred Reth

Located in Barcelona, CT

Alfred Reth (Budapest, 1884 – París, 1966). "Abstract composition". 1928. Oil on canvas. 64 x 50 cm. Signed with monogram in the lower left corner. Documents: - Certificate iss...

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1920s Alfred Reth Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Alfred RethPortrait of the Musician Mazzi, 1912

$50,000

Portrait of the Musician Mazzi

By Alfred Reth

Located in London, GB

ALFRED RETH 1884-1966 Budapest 1884-1966 Paris (Hungarian/French) Title: Portrait of the Musician Mazzi, 1912 Technique: Original Signed Oil pain...

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1910s Alfred Reth Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Alfred RethThe Gardeners (Personnages)

$18,000

The Gardeners (Personnages)

By Alfred Reth

Located in London, GB

ALFRED RETH 1884-1966 Budapest 1884-1966 Paris (Hungarian/French) Title: The Gardeners (Personnages), 1962 Technique: Original Signed and Dated Oil and Collage Painting on wood s...

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1960s Contemporary Alfred Reth Paintings

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Mixed Media

Pierre-Albert BégaudPortrait of a naked woman after a card play, Circa 1930

$6,185

H 10.63 in W 18.31 in

Portrait of a naked woman after a card play

Located in BELEYMAS, FR

Pierre-Albert BÉGAUD (Bordeaux 1901 – 1956) End of game Oil on canvas H. 27 cm; L. 46.5 cm Signed lower right Pierre-Albert Bégaud is a French portrait and landscape painter born in...

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1930s French School Alfred Reth Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Kamil LisekGerberas - Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting, Realistic Little Girl Portrait, 2020

$8,018

H 39.38 in W 27.56 in D 0.79 in

Gerberas - Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting, Realistic Little Girl Portrait

By Kamil Lisek

Located in Hallein, AT

KAMIL LISEK (born in 1980) Studied under the guidance of prof. Maciej Świeszewski at the faculty of painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk. He graduated with distinction obta...

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2010s Realist Alfred Reth Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Linen

Nino TolomashviliGeorgian Contemporary Art by Nino Tolomashvili - Untitled, 2025

$900

H 31.5 in W 35.44 in D 1.19 in

Georgian Contemporary Art by Nino Tolomashvili - Untitled

By Nino Tolomashvili

Located in Paris, IDF

Mixed media on fabric canvas Nino Tolomashvili is a Georgian painter born in 2003 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. After completing her schooling, she pursued her studies a...

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2010s Contemporary Alfred Reth Paintings

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Canvas, Mixed Media

Georges BraqueEarly 20th Century French Cubist Oil Painting Brown Figurative Dramatic Work, 1833

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H 45 in W 35 in

Early 20th Century French Cubist Oil Painting Brown Figurative Dramatic Work

By Georges Braque

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Cubist Figurative French School, early 20th century circle of Georges Braque (French 1882-1963) oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 45 x 35 inches Provenance: private collection, Paris C...

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Early 20th Century Cubist Alfred Reth Paintings

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Oil

Georges BraqueEarly 20th Century French Cubist Oil Painting Brown Figurative Dramatic Work, 1833

$9,382

H 45 in W 35 in

Early 20th Century French Cubist Oil Painting Brown Figurative Dramatic Work

By Georges Braque

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Cubist Figurative French School, early 20th century circle of Georges Braque (French 1882-1963) oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 45 x 35 inches Provenance: private collection, Paris C...

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Early 20th Century Cubist Alfred Reth Paintings

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Oil

Marianne LoirPresumed Portrait of Jean-Jacques-Blaise Baloin de Belvèse, Baron de Vennac, Circa 1760/65

$22,909

H 21.46 in W 18.12 in

Presumed Portrait of Jean-Jacques-Blaise Baloin de Belvèse, Baron de Vennac

Located in BELEYMAS, FR

Marianne Loir (Paris 1705 – Paris 1783) Presumed Portrait of Jean-Jacques-Blaise Baloin de Belvèse, Baron de Vennac (?-1781) Oil on oval canvas H. 54.5 cm; W. 46 cm Unsigned Grandda...

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1760s French School Alfred Reth Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Laure Noetzin-Azam (French 1929-2024)Seated Female Nude in an Bright Interior French Modernist Cubist Oil Painting, 1950's

$849

H 21 in W 14 in

Seated Female Nude in an Bright Interior French Modernist Cubist Oil Painting

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Seated Female Nude By Laure Noetzlin-Azam (French, 1929–2024) Pupil of André Lhote Oil on thick artist card, unframed Artist card: 21 × 21.5 inches Provenance: from the artist’s est...

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Mid-20th Century Cubist Alfred Reth Paintings

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Oil

Lech OstrokowDynamo (Framed Mid-Century Modern Cubism Painting)

$1,800

H 25.5 in W 20.5 in

Dynamo (Framed Mid-Century Modern Cubism Painting)

Located in New Orleans, LA

Lech Ostrokow was a Polish painter who, like many artists in the mid-century, picked up the thread of Cubism and created a resurgence of the style. There is a bit of Futurism here as...

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Mid-20th Century Cubist Alfred Reth Paintings

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Oil

Natalia RomanGeometric Bauhaus Patterns Painting in Vivid Tones, Coloured Horizons, Canvas, 2024

$1,700

H 47.5 in W 35.5 in D 1.5 in

Geometric Bauhaus Patterns Painting in Vivid Tones, Coloured Horizons, Canvas

By Natalia Roman

Located in Barcelona, ES

"Coloured Horizons" is a painting by Spanish artist Natalia Roman. This series of abstract geometric paintings by Natalia Roman draws its inspiration from the sleek grids and curves ...

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2010s Analytic Cubist Alfred Reth Paintings

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Cotton Canvas, Oil

Stuart BigleyAbstraction in Yellows, 1972

$3,800

H 27 in W 33 in

Abstraction in Yellows

By Stuart Bigley

Located in Germantown, NY

Stuart Bigley is an artist based in New York’s beautiful Hudson Valley. He has been making and showing his artwork for over 40 years. During this time he also co-founded and ran the ...

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1970s Abstract Alfred Reth Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Nicholas Evans"An Urgent Man" (Abstract, Black & White, Figurative Oil Painting, Neutral Tone), 2020

$850

H 21.66 in W 18.12 in D 0.79 in

"An Urgent Man" (Abstract, Black & White, Figurative Oil Painting, Neutral Tone)

By Nicholas Evans

Located in Paris, IDF

AN URGENT MAN 2020 Paris, France Oil and acrylic on canvas portray a ‘derbyed’ man attempting to shed the weighted armor of his obligations and persona. A very loose nod to the character from René Magritte’s 1964 painting, ‘The Son of Man...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Alfred Reth Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Acrylic

Stefan HirschThe Burning Castle, 1944

$48,000

H 22 in W 27.5 in

The Burning Castle

By Stefan Hirsch

Located in Miami, FL

Exhibited: The North Carolina Museum of Art , October, 1967 Exhibited: November 5th to December 4, 1977 Titled: Study for Gomorrah, 1944 His work is in the collections of: Philli...

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1940s Cubist Alfred Reth Paintings

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Oil

Previously Available Items

Alfred RethReunion in the garden, 1910

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H 9.45 in W 11.42 in D 0.12 in

Reunion in the garden

By Alfred Reth

Located in Genève, GE

Work on watercolor paper Golden wooden frame with glass pane 50.5 x 55.5 x 2.5 cm

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1910s Modern Alfred Reth Paintings

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Watercolor

Alfred RethVertical Composition, 1950

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H 6.7 in W 3.9 in

Vertical Composition

By Alfred Reth

Located in London, GB

ALFRED RETH 1884-1966 Budapest 1884-1966 Paris (Hungarian/French) Title: Vertical Composition, ca. 1950 Technique: Original Signed Pastel Drawing on Paper size: 17 x 10 cm / 6.7 ...

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1950s Contemporary Alfred Reth Paintings

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Pastel

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