1. 24 Oct


    Reading Woman. Géza Vörös (Hungarian, 1897-1957). Ecole de Paris. Oil on canvas. “A truly great book should be read in youth, again in maturity and once more in old age, as a fine building should be seen by morning light, at noon and by moonlight.” ― Robertson Davies

    Reading Woman. Géza Vörös (Hungarian, 1897-1957). Ecole de Paris. Oil on canvas.

    “A truly great book should be read in youth, again in maturity and once more in old age, as a fine building should be seen by morning light, at noon and by moonlight.” ― Robertson Davies

     

  2. 23 Jun


    Woman with a Book (1943). Géza Vörös (Hungary, 1897-1957). École de Paris. Oil on canvas. Private collection. The École de Paris is not an art movement or a learning institution, but instead is more indicative of the importance of Paris as a center of Western art in the early decades of the 20th century. A pupil of Ede Balló, Vörös’ artistic but cool, reserved and decorative pictures confess to the influence of the objectivity of Neo-Classicism and the elegant sensuousness of the École de Paris. In Szentendre, his painting acquired a new hue. His witty solutions revealed a keen sense of observation and fine humour, while his former sterile shades of colour gave way to a warm, soft colour spectrum.

    Woman with a Book (1943). Géza Vörös (Hungary, 1897-1957). École de Paris. Oil on canvas. Private collection.

    The École de Paris is not an art movement or a learning institution, but instead is more indicative of the importance of Paris as a center of Western art in the early decades of the 20th century.

    A pupil of Ede Balló, Vörös’ artistic but cool, reserved and decorative pictures confess to the influence of the objectivity of Neo-Classicism and the elegant sensuousness of the École de Paris. In Szentendre, his painting acquired a new hue. His witty solutions revealed a keen sense of observation and fine humour, while his former sterile shades of colour gave way to a warm, soft colour spectrum.