20th Century Art: A Different Perspective

20th Century Art: A Different Perspective

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Property from the Estate of Francis M. Bator

JÁNOS VASZARY | SAILORS IN PORTOROŽ, SLOVENIA

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November 12, 02:18 PM GMT

Estimate

40,000 - 60,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from the Estate of Francis M. Bator

JÁNOS VASZARY

Hungarian, 1867 - 1939

SAILORS IN PORTOROŽ, SLOVENIA


signed Vaszary upper left

tempera on canvas

84 by 73cm., 33 by 28¾in.

framed: 79 by 90cm., 31 by 35½in.


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A gift from the artist to the parents of Francis Bator; thence by descent

Haulisch Lenke, Vaszary, Budapest, 1978, no. 181 (an oil sketch for the present work illustrated)

Painted circa 1930, the present work is from Vaszary’s best period, characterized by thick, contour lines, bright colours and diagonal perspectives.


Vaszary was an excellent colourist and his imaginative art, sensitive to modern trends, merits him an important place in the history of twentieth century Hungarian painting. Experimenting with a wide range of avant-garde artistic styles, from Art Nouveau to Fauvism and Post-Impressionism, it was from the 1920s that Vaszary started developing his distinctive style, inspired by the Ecole de Paris and notably Dufy, Matisse, Derain and Van Dongen.