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Artist: Hugó Scheiber
"Jazz Musician" Oil Painting 1930 by Hugó Scheiber
By Hugó Scheiber
Located in Berlin, DE
Oil on wood, 1930. Signed lower right. Framed. Height 31.10 in ( 79 cm ), Width 25.19 in ( 64 cm )
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Hugó Scheiber Pastel "Sailing", about 1930
By Hugó Scheiber
Located in Berlin, DE
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Dimensions: 14.96 x 12.99 in ( 38 x 33 cm ), Framed: 19.69 x 15.75 in ( 50 x 40 cm )
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Hugó Scheiber "Portrait of a Woman", 1925
By Hugó Scheiber
Located in Berlin, DE
Pencil, charcoal, ink on paper, 1925 by Hugó Scheiber ( 1873-1950 ), important artist of Hungarian modernity. Signed lower center: Scheiber H. Dimensions: 13.78 x 9.84 in ( 35 x 25 ...
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Rare Modernist Hungarian Rabbi Pastel Drawing Gouache Painting Judaica Art Deco
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Hugó Scheiber (born 29 September 1873 in Budapest – died there 7 March 1950) was a Hungarian modernist painter.
Hugo Scheiber was brought from Budapest to Vienna at the age of eight where his father worked as a sign painter for the Prater Theater. At fifteen, he returned with his family to Budapest and began working during the day to help support them and attending painting classes at the School of Design in the evening, where Henrik Papp was one of his teachers. He completed his studies in 1900. His work was at first in a post-Impressionistic style but from 1910 onward showed his increasing interest in German Expressionism and Futurism. This made it of little interest to the conservative Hungarian art establishment.
However, in 1915 he met the great Italian avant-gardist Filippo Tommaso Marinetti and the two painters became close friends. Marinetti invited him to join the Futurist Movement. The uniquely modernist style that he developed was, however, closer to German Expressionism than to Futurism and eventually drifted toward an international art deco manner similar to Erté's. In 1919, he and his friend Béla Kádar held an exhibition at the Hevesy Salon in Vienna. It was a great success and at last caused the Budapest Art Museum to acquire some of Scheiber's drawings. Encouraged, Scheiber came back to live in Vienna in 1920.
A turning point in Scheiber's career came a year later, when Herwarth Walden, founder of Germany's leading avant-garde periodical, Der Sturm, and of the Sturm Gallery in Berlin, became interested in Scheiber's work. Scheiber moved to Berlin in 1922, and his paintings soon appeared regularly in Walden's magazine and elsewhere. Exhibitions of his work followed in London, Rome, La Paz, and New York.
Scheiber's move to Germany coincided with a significant exodus of Hungarian artists to Berlin, including Laszlo Moholy-Nagy and Sandor Bortnyik. There had been a major split in ideology among the Hungarian avant-garde. The Constructivist and leader of the Hungarian avantgarde, Lajos Kassák (painted by Hugó Scheiber in 1930) believed that art should relate to all the needs of contemporary humankind. Thus he refused to compromise the purity of his style to reflect the demands of either the ruling class or socialists and communists. The other camp believed that an artist should be a figurehead for social and political change.
The fall out and factions that resulted from this politicisation resulted in most of the Hungarian avant gardists leaving Vienna for Berlin. Hungarian émigrés made up one of the largest minority groups in the German capital and the influx of their painters had a significant effect on Hungarian and international art. Another turning point of Scheiber's career came in 1926, with the New York exhibition of the Société Anonyme, organized by Katherine Dreier. Scheiber and other important avant garde artists from more than twenty-three countries were represented. In 1933, Scheiber was invited by Marinetti to participate in the great meeting of the Futurists held in Rome in late April 1933, Mostra Nazionale d’Arte Futurista where he was received with great enthusiasm. Gradually, the Hungarian artists began to return home, particularly with the rise of Nazism in Germany. Kádar went back from Berlin in about 1932 and Scheiber followed in 1934.
He was then at the peak of his powers and had a special flair in depicting café and cabaret life in vivid colors, sturdily abstracted forms and spontaneous brush strokes. Scheiber depicted cosmopolitan modern life using stylized shapes and expressive colors. His preferred subjects were cabaret and street scenes, jazz musicians, flappers, and a series of self-portraits (usually with a cigar). his principal media being gouache and oil. He was a member of the prestigious New Society of Artists (KUT—Képzőművészek Új Társasága)and seems to have weathered Hungary's post–World War II transition to state-communism without difficulty. He continued to be well regarded, eventually even receiving the posthumous honor of having one of his images used for a Russian Soviet postage stamp (see image above). Hugó Scheiber died in Budapest in 1950.
Paintings by Hugó Scheiber form part of permanent museum collections in Budapest (Hungarian National Museum), Pecs (Jannus Pannonius Museum), Vienna, New York, Bern and elsewhere. His work has also been shown in many important exhibitions, including:
"The Nell Walden Collection," Kunsthaus Zürich (1945)
"Collection of the Société Anonyme," Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut (1950)
"Hugó Scheiber: A Commemorative Exhibition," Hungarian National Museum, Budapest (1964)
"Ungarische Avantgarde," Galleria del Levante, Munich (1971)
"Paris-Berlin 1900-1930," Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (1978)
"L’Art en Hongrie, 1905-1920," Musée d’Art et l’Industrie, Saint-Etienne (1980)
"Ungarische Avantgarde in der Weimarer Republik," Marburg (1986)
"Modernizmus," Eresz & Maklary Gallery, Budapest (2006)
"Hugó Scheiber & Béla Kádár," Galerie le Minotaure, Paris and Tel Aviv (2007)
Hugó Scheiber's paintings continue to be regularly sold at Sotheby's, Christie's, Gillen's Arts (London), Papillon Gallery (Los Angeles) and other auction houses.
He was included in the exhibition The Art Of Modern Hungary 1931 and other exhibitions along with Vilmos Novak Aba, Count Julius Batthyany, Pal Bor, Bela Buky, Denes Csanky, Istvan Csok, Bela Czobel, Peter Di Gabor, Bela Ivanyi Grunwald, Baron Ferenc Hatvany, Lipot Herman, Odon Marffy, C. Pal Molnar...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Hugó Scheiber Art
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"Jazz Musician" Oil Painting 1930 by Hugó Scheiber
By Hugó Scheiber
Located in Berlin, DE
Oil on wood, 1930. Signed lower right. Framed. Height 31.10 in ( 79 cm ), Width 25.19 in ( 64 cm )
The Hungarian artist Hugó Scheiber lived 1922-1934 in Berlin, that's where he pain...
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1930s Cubist Hugó Scheiber Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Hugó Scheiber Theater Scene with a Dancer, Gouache ca. 1920
By Hugó Scheiber
Located in Berlin, DE
Gouache on paper, 1920's by Hugò Scheiber ( 1873-1950 ) Hungary. Signed with pencil lower central: Scheiber H.
Framed under glass. Height: 25.98 in ( 66 cm ), Width: 19.69 in ( 50 c...
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1920s Expressionist Hugó Scheiber Art
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Gouache, Paper
At the Winery - Hungarian Art
By Hugó Scheiber
Located in London, GB
This original painting is hand signed by the artist "Scheiber H" in the lower left corner,
and dated "1940" below the signature.
Exhibited: Hugo Scheiber - Bela Kadar, Galerie Le Mi...
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1940s Hugó Scheiber Art
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Tempera, Gouache
"Woman with a Cigarette", Hugo Scheiber (1873-1950)
By Hugó Scheiber
Located in Paris, FR
Hugo Scheiber (1873-1950) was a Hungarian painter of Jewish origins. He started as a self-taught artist. He was initially inspired by Impressionism before evolving towards Expression...
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Landscape with Tree and Houses
By Hugó Scheiber
Located in London, GB
HUGO SCHEIBER 1873-1950
1873 - Budapest-1950 (Hungarian)
Title: Landscape with Tree and Houses, circa 1930's
Technique: Signed Gouache and Pastel Painting on Paper
Size: 67.5 x 48...
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Hugó Scheiber "Portrait of a Woman", 1925
By Hugó Scheiber
Located in Berlin, DE
Pencil, charcoal, ink on paper, 1925 by Hugó Scheiber ( 1873-1950 ), important artist of Hungarian modernity. Signed lower center: Scheiber H. Dimensions: 13.78 x 9.84 in ( 35 x 25 ...
Category
1920s Modern Hugó Scheiber Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Hugó Scheiber Pastel "Sailing", about 1930
By Hugó Scheiber
Located in Berlin, DE
Pastel and carbon pencil on cardboard, ca. 1930 by Hugo Scheiber. Signed lower left: Scheiber H.
Dimensions: 14.96 x 12.99 in ( 38 x 33 cm ), Framed: 19.69 x 15.75 in ( 50 x 40 cm )
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Early 20th Century Expressionist Hugó Scheiber Art
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Deco Dancing Hungarian Expressionism European Drawing Modernism Figurative Dance
By Hugó Scheiber
Located in New York, NY
Deco Dancing Hungarian Expressionism European Drawing Modernism Figurative Dance. 22 1/2 x 16 inches. Signed lower left. Framed.
BIO
Hugó Scheiber was born in Budapest in 1873. At the age of eight, he moved with his family from Budapest to Vienna.
In 1898, to help support his family after they had returned to Budapest. He started working during the day, attending painting classes at the Commercial Art School in the evening. In 1900, he completed his studies.
Scheiber showed an early interest in German Expressionism and Futurism. In 1915 he met Marinetti, who invited him to join the Futurist movement. Because Scheiber's paintings conflicted with academic style of the Hungarian art establishment, his work was virtually ignored in his own country. In 1919, he and his friend Béla Kádár held an exhibition organized by Hévesy in Vienna, which was a great success, so much so that the Budapest Art Museum purchased two of his drawings.
In 1920, Scheiber returned to Vienna. A turning point in his career came in 1921 when Herwarth Walden, founder of Germany's leading avant-garde periodical, Der Sturm...
Category
1920s Art Deco Hugó Scheiber Art
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Self Portrait
By Hugó Scheiber
Located in London, GB
HUGO SCHEIBER 1873-1950
1873 - Budapest - 1950 (Hungarian)
Title: Self Portrait
Technique: Original Signed Pastel Drawing on Paper
Size: 37.7 x 30 cm. / 14.8 x 11.8 in.
Additiona...
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The Rhythm of the City - Hungarian Art Futurism Cubism
By Hugó Scheiber
Located in London, GB
HUGO SCHEIBER 1873-1950
1873 - Budapest - 1950 (Hungarian)
Title: The Rhythm of the City, 1920's/1930's
Technique: Original Signed Charcoal and Pastel Drawing on Paper
Size: 61 x ...
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The Rest
By Hugó Scheiber
Located in London, GB
HUGO SCHEIBER 1873-1950
1873 - Budapest - 1950 (Hungarian)
Title: The Rest
Technique: Signed Gouache Painting on Brown Paper
Size: 35.5 x 49 cm. / 14.8 x 1...
Category
20th Century Hugó Scheiber Art
Materials
Gouache
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