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Arpad Szenes

A line of sand, a swell of dune / A fringe of foam and kelp, the sea… François Mauriac

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Arpad Szenes is born in Budapest (Hungary) in 1897. He will be one of the most visible representatives of the Ecole de Paris, a group of artists, often very different from one another, who worked in Paris during the forties and avowed a “non-figurative” style of painting. Arpad Szenes studies art at the Free Academy in Budapest (1918). Here, he . . .

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Original signed lithograph de Szenes Arpad : Village
Village
Unknown date Original lithograph, signed in pencil by the artist. Unknown
Original signed lithograph de Szenes Arpad : Without title
Without title
1974 Original lithograph in 9 colours, signed in pencil. Ed. Le Musée de Poche, Paris. L'oeuvre gravé, MBA de Dijon n°41
Lithograph signed de Szenes Arpad : Portrait of Vieira da Silva
Portrait of Vieira...
Circa 1980 Lithograph after Arpad Szenes, signed in pencil, with the dry stamp of the printer Carlos Lacerda. Without
Lithograph signed de Szenes Arpad : Beach of north
Beach of north
1982 Lithograph after Arpad Szenes, signed in pencil. Published by Ed. de la Différence, Paris. Title : Plage du nord Weelen n° 46
Book de Szenes Arpad : Dans le vide qui vient
Dans le vide qui...
1976 Sixth book of the collection "Argile". Book in sheets under box. Text by Claude Esteban, illustrated of 5 original etchings, aquaforte, of Arpad... Monod n° 4373
Original signed etching de Szenes Arpad : Celestial baths
Celestial baths
1981 Original etching, signed in pencil. Catalogue Dijon n° 64
Original signed etching de Szenes Arpad : Sefar II
Sefar II
1983 Original etching, signed in pencil. Catalogue Dijon n° 67
Original signed etching de Szenes Arpad : Sefar I
Sefar I
1983 Original etching, signed in pencil. Catalogue Dijon n° 68
Etching de Szenes Arpad : Knowledge of Vulcan III
Knowledge of Vulcan...
1978 Original etching, signed in pencil. L'oeuvre gravé n° 60, Musée des beaux-arts de Dijon, 1983
Etching de Szenes Arpad : Knowledge of Vulcan II
Knowledge of Vulcan...
1978 Original etching, signed in pencil. L'oeuvre gravé n° 59, Musée des beaux-arts de Dijon, 1983
Etching de Szenes Arpad : Knowledge of Vulcan I
Knowledge of Vulcan...
1978 Original etching, signed in pencil. L'oeuvre gravé n° 58, Musée des beaux-arts de Dijon, 1983

Catalogue(s) raisonné(s)

Catalogue(s) raisonné(s)
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Bibliographic track & more

To read about the artist :
  • « Arpad Szenes », cat. d'expo., Ed. Galerie Jeanne Bucher, Paris, 1963
  • « Arpad Szenes », J. François, Ed. Le Musée de Poche, Paris, 1973
  • « Dessins, Arpad Szenes », Ed. Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris, 1976
  • « Dessins d'A. S. et de Vieira Da Silva », P. Georgel, G. Viatte, Ed. MNAM, 1991
  • « Pour accompagner Arpad Szenes », L. Gaspar, Ed. Marie, 1993
  • « Arpad Szenes, in L'école de Paris 1945/65 », L. Harambourg, Ed. Ides et Calendes, 1993
  • « A. S., centenario de nascimento », coll., Ed. Centre cult. Calouste Gulbenkian, 1997
  • « Arpad Szenes », Anne Philipe et Guy Weelen, Ed. Cercle d’Art, Paris, 1998
  • « Arpad Szenes », Armelle Godeluck, in revue Lire, mai 2000
  • « Szenes ou les provinces gouvernées », C. Esteban, cat., Hôtel de Ville de Paris, 2000
To read from the artist :
  • « Eclat de lumière », entretiens avec Szenes & Vieira da Silva, Gallimard, 1978
  • « M. H. Viera da Silva & Arpad Szenes », Prod. ina.fr, 1979
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Mouvements de l'art

  • + ATELIER 17 / 1927-1965 / Anton Prinner, Mauricio Lasansky, Jacques Lipchitz, Mark Rothko, etc.
  • + SCHOOL OF PARIS / 1945-1960 / Jean Degottex, Georges Mathieu, Nicolas de Staël, etc.
  • + NEW REALITIES / 1946-1956 / Etienne Béothy, Marcelle Cahn, etc.
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