20th Century Art: A Different Perspective
20th Century Art: A Different Perspective
Property from the Estate of Francis M. Bator
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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.