Béla Kádár (1877-1956): Les Deux Amies
Oil on Canvas
Size: 58 x 41 cm
Artwork dated circa: 1930.
Kádár was born in Hungary and worked there on and off for most of his life. He was a significant member of the Hungarian Avant Garde. Kádár was heavily influenced by Picasso, however during his time at the École de Paris, Kádár became less of a naturalist and more of an expressionist, with the occasional flirtation with cubism.
In 1921, together with Hugo Scheller, Kádár exhibited in Budapest. From 1922 until 1930 exhibited at Der Sturm in Berlin, an important venue for Expressionist art. He eventually became the director of Der Sturm gallery and of the newspaper they produced.
In 1932, Kádár had a major solo exhibition in Budapest and in 1936 he returned to work there. In 1938 he exhibited in New York at an exhibition for the Anonymous Society. Finally, in 1971 there was a major retrospective of his work in Budapest.
Les Deux Amies, which has his distinctive gentle palette, also has echoes of Georg Grosz, whom Kadar knew and admired from his Berlin days.
Stock No: FO009
