Árpád Szenes
Technique:Serigraphy
Dimensions:7 x 8 cm
Edition: -
Reference: AS0001
PVP:€430 w/ frame
About Árpád Szenes
1897: Born on the 6th of May
1913: He finished secondary school and brought together intellectuals, artists and musicians in his home. He ends up entering the Free Academy of Budapest, a student of Rippl Ronnai. He became a Dadaist painter, sculptor and writer.
1916: Death of his father.
1919: After the establishment of the Hungarian Soviet Republic, he became interested in Cubism, Futurism and Constructivism.
1922: Holds his first exhibition of abstract paintings at the Ernst Museum in Budapest.
Image source: http://jeannebucherjaeger.com/artist/szenes-arpad/
1925: He moved to Paris and to survive he made caricatures in the cafés and cabarets of Montmartre.
1928: Meet Maria Helena Vieira da Silva, at the Academia da Grande Chaumière.
1930: On 22 February he marries the painter Maria Helena Vieira da Silva.
1939: Moves to Portugal with Maria Helena Vieira da Silva due to the pressure of events and the war, but quickly move to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
1978: After several exhibitions between Paris, Portugal and Spain, he was awarded the Grand Cross of the Ordem do Infante D. Henrique.
1988: On July 16, he receives the Grand Cross of the Ordem Militar de Sant'Iago da Espada.
1985 : On 16 January he died in Paris.
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