Hugó Scheiber
Hugó Scheiber (born September 29, 1873 in Budapest ; † March 7, 1950 there ) was a painter of Hungarian modernism.
life and work
Scheiber was born in Budapest in 1873. He spent his childhood in Vienna and helped his father at an early age, who was a set painter in the Prater . In 1887 he took painting lessons, which he broke off, however, in order to support the family financially, which returned to Budapest in 1890 after the decline of the Prater Theater. Scheiber worked as a sign painter and attended the arts and crafts school in Budapest from 1898 to 1900. His early works are based on impressionism . In 1919 he had an exhibition with Béla Kádár in Vienna, where he moved in 1920. There he met Herwarth Walden , who moved him to go to Berlin in 1922 . In the 1920s, Scheiber dealt with futurism and expressionism . His main subjects were portraits, life in the big city and the world of cabaret. His work was shown in the gallery Der Sturm and published in the magazine of the same name . In 1926 his pictures were shown in the “Société Anonyme” exhibition in New York . Scheiber was a member of the Vienna Hagenbund and the Hungarian artists' association KUT (New Society of Fine Artists) and UME (Association of New Artists). In Budapest, his work was repeatedly shown in exhibitions at the Ernst Museum and the Tamás Gallery. In 1933, at the invitation of Marinetti , he took part in the meeting of the futurists "Mostra Nazionale d'Arte Futurista". In the 1930s, he increasingly oriented his work towards Art Deco . Hugo Scheiber returned to Budapest in 1939, where he died in 1950.
Scheiber's work is represented in numerous exhibitions on the Hungarian avant-garde and well-known collections, including the Hungarian National Gallery and the Janus Pannonius Múzeum in Pécs.
literature
- Georges Darany, Ernest Schmidt: Hugo Scheiber, Life and Work , Edition Inter Art Galerie, 1982
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Scheiber, Hugó |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Scheiber, Hugo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hungarian painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 29, 1873 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Budapest , Hungary |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 7, 1950 |
| Place of death | Budapest |