Francis De Erdely Wall Decorations
Francis de Erdely’s works are considered a masterful extension of a humanistic tradition that has its roots in ancient Greece, Rome and the Italian Renaissance. His early volumetric treatment of images gave way over the years, to a style that uses flat shapes and the angularity of Cubism to simplify its subject matter. Born in Budapest, Hungary, de Erdely studied art in his native city, as well as in Madrid and Paris, and began his career in Europe. But his depictions of the atrocities he witnessed there in the 1930s angered the Gestapo, forcing him to flee. After living for a time in New York and Detroit, de Erdely settled in Los Angeles around 1944. He continued to use his work to document the times in which he lived - creating respectful, yet mournful, images of blacks and Mexicans living in Los Angeles, and works that decried the impact of technology on man, the loss of democratic rights to Communism and the ensnaring of individuals in a 9-to-5 routine. de Erdely taught art at the University of Southern California, the Pasadena Art Museum School and the Jepson Art Institute - and in doing so, strongly influenced a new generation of Southern California artists. de Erdely's works are exhibited at Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, California; Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, California and Frye Art Museum, Seattle, Washington.
1940s American Art Deco Vintage Francis De Erdely Wall Decorations
Charcoal, Paper
Mid-20th Century American Modern Francis De Erdely Wall Decorations
Paint, Wood
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Francis De Erdely Wall Decorations
Glass, Pine, Paper
1930s American Vintage Francis De Erdely Wall Decorations
Ink, Watercolor, Paper
1950s Mexican Folk Art Vintage Francis De Erdely Wall Decorations
Tin
1920s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Francis De Erdely Wall Decorations
Wood, Paper
20th Century French Francis De Erdely Wall Decorations
Canvas, Paint
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Francis De Erdely Wall Decorations
Paper
19th Century French Antique Francis De Erdely Wall Decorations
2010s American Modern Francis De Erdely Wall Decorations
Paint
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Francis De Erdely Wall Decorations
Paper
Early 1900s French Antique Francis De Erdely Wall Decorations
Paper
1990s American Expressionist Francis De Erdely Wall Decorations
Paint
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Francis De Erdely Wall Decorations
Paper
At lower left, "Painted by Aylesfod".
Heneage Finch, 4th Earl of Aylesford, was a known watercolo...
19th Century English Antique Francis De Erdely Wall Decorations
Paper