23rd Nov, 2023 19:00
Contemporary Art & Modern Design
101
Andrés SALGO (Mexican artist, born Hungaria 1909 – died 1976)
"Don Quichot"
Signed: bottom left
Oil on wood
70 x 55 cm. (27.55 x 21.65 Inch)
BIOGRAPHY
Andrés Salgo studied architecture in Budapest and at the École Supérieure des Beaux- Arts in Paris. He fled for fascism to Mexico. Here he mainly painted large- Scale wall pictures, solved mural tasks and created expressive panel pictures (‘Don Quixote’ series). His mural works were characterized by neo - primitive simplification and the monumentality of the great generation of Mexican artists. His art criticisms and studies have appeared in Mexican newspapers and magazines. He was president of the National Group of Mexican Painters and Sculptors. In 1965, he presented his works in the exhibition hall of the Institute of Cultural Relations. Some of his works and one of his folders went to the MNG and his hometown.
EXHIBITION
Birmingham Museum of Art, USA: 14 Sep 1952 - 04 Oct 1952
LITERATURE:
Ervin Tamás: ‘The Mexican painter Andrés Salgo in Budapest’ (Art, No. 2. 1966)
László Teleki: ‘Andrés Salgo’ (Tükör, May 26. 1970)
Kamill Thuróczy: ‘Don Quixote in the XX. Century’ (Art, No. 6. 1970)
Painting Gift (Hungarian News, Nov. 25. 1972)
Sold for €338
"Don Quichot"
Signed: bottom left
Oil on wood
70 x 55 cm. (27.55 x 21.65 Inch)
BIOGRAPHY
Andrés Salgo studied architecture in Budapest and at the École Supérieure des Beaux- Arts in Paris. He fled for fascism to Mexico. Here he mainly painted large- Scale wall pictures, solved mural tasks and created expressive panel pictures (‘Don Quixote’ series). His mural works were characterized by neo - primitive simplification and the monumentality of the great generation of Mexican artists. His art criticisms and studies have appeared in Mexican newspapers and magazines. He was president of the National Group of Mexican Painters and Sculptors. In 1965, he presented his works in the exhibition hall of the Institute of Cultural Relations. Some of his works and one of his folders went to the MNG and his hometown.
EXHIBITION
Birmingham Museum of Art, USA: 14 Sep 1952 - 04 Oct 1952
LITERATURE:
Ervin Tamás: ‘The Mexican painter Andrés Salgo in Budapest’ (Art, No. 2. 1966)
László Teleki: ‘Andrés Salgo’ (Tükör, May 26. 1970)
Kamill Thuróczy: ‘Don Quixote in the XX. Century’ (Art, No. 6. 1970)
Painting Gift (Hungarian News, Nov. 25. 1972)
Auction: Contemporary Art & Modern Design, 23rd Nov, 2023
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