Janos Kmetty (1889 - 1975) Hungary
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Janos Kmetty (1889 - 1975) Hungary
Oil on Board
Measure 7 1/4"in H x 9 1/4"in W and 12"in H x 15"in W with frame
Known for: Abstract landscape, still life and portrait painting
Biography: Janos Kmetty studied with Ferenc Szablya-Frischauf in Budapest and attended the Julian Academy in 1911. It was the works of Cezanne, Braque and Picasso that were the main influences upon him during the year he spent in Paris. He worked in the Kecskemet artists colony from 1912, and joined Lajos Kassak and the activists in 1918. He was a founding member of the New Society of Artists in 1924. He frequently worked in Nagybenya during the twenties, and gradually switched to Szentendre at the beginning of the thirties. A member of the Artists Colony of Szentendre from 1945, he became a teacher of the Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts in 1946, and head of the Painting Department. His autobiographical and theoretical writings are important resource materials for the times.
Oil on Board
Measure 7 1/4"in H x 9 1/4"in W and 12"in H x 15"in W with frame
Known for: Abstract landscape, still life and portrait painting
Biography: Janos Kmetty studied with Ferenc Szablya-Frischauf in Budapest and attended the Julian Academy in 1911. It was the works of Cezanne, Braque and Picasso that were the main influences upon him during the year he spent in Paris. He worked in the Kecskemet artists colony from 1912, and joined Lajos Kassak and the activists in 1918. He was a founding member of the New Society of Artists in 1924. He frequently worked in Nagybenya during the twenties, and gradually switched to Szentendre at the beginning of the thirties. A member of the Artists Colony of Szentendre from 1945, he became a teacher of the Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts in 1946, and head of the Painting Department. His autobiographical and theoretical writings are important resource materials for the times.
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Janos Kmetty (1889 - 1975) Hungary
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