Imre Földes (artist)

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Imre Földes (born 5. May 1881 in Budapest , Austria-Hungary ; died 1948 in Budapest) was a Hungarian graphic artist , exlibris , poster designer , painter , draftsman , Exlibrisstecher, Exlibriszeichner, poster artist and graphic designer .

Life

Early years and Budapest

Imre Földes Zoological Garden.jpg

Imre Földes studied at the age of 16 from 1897 at the trade drawing school ( Kereskedelmi Szakközépiskola ) in Budapest. One year later, in 1898, he switched to the "model drawing school" in the Hungarian capital, where he was taught by László Hegedüs and Tivadar Zemplény . Then Földes studied in the art centers of Berlin and Vienna . During the first years of his studies his preference for poster and advertising art manifested itself . To improve his style, Imre Földes first traveled to Italy and later visited numerous other countries. On returning to Budapest, the young Földes worked as a commercial artist. Since 1908 he has been awarded numerous prizes. In 1910 he sent in his designs for posters for the spring exhibition at the Kunsthalle Budapest . The trade press responded with positive criticism. Also in the same year and in 1917, Földes took part in the competition for stamps with the designs " Saint Stephen " and " King Karl - Queen Zita ". In 1918 he founded a lithography workshop and art institute and began an intensive collaboration with the artist Lipót Sátori . It was mainly film posters that were created .

Emigration to Romania

In 1921 Földes moved to Romania. Some time later he was offered to lead the fate of Typography Helikon in Timișoara . He became the company's artistic director for some time. At first, emigration to Romania did not end his artistic presence in Hungary, as his posters continued to appear in Budapest. Then he moved to Oradea , where he got a job in the graphic studio of the company "Typografie Sonnenfeld" and designed book covers. Földes produced illustrations for the Nagyvárad newspaper . In 1927, together with the painter Béla Zsigmond, he opened a school for painting, graphics and poster art in the Apollo Palace . In 1929 the exhibition "The International Poster" took place in Munich. Imre Földes was put on display to represent Romania.

He took up this project in June 1931 when he and Roman Paul Mottl and Jenő Iványi founded a school for decorative arts and applied arts in the Sonnenfeld Palace . In October 1933, Földes took part in the Young Artists Exhibition (Expozitia tinerilor artişti) in the Weiszlovits Palace in Oradea. His special talent was highlighted in the press. Three years later, in June 1936, his works, Miniature were in a personal exhibition at the Journalists Club Oradea ( Romanian : Clubul ziariştilor , Hungarian : Újságíró Club (UK) ) is shown. In 1945 he returned to Budapest, where he continued to work until his death. Although Imre Földes' name appeared regularly in the press until the outbreak of World War II , it was forgotten after the war.

Participation in exhibitions

Awards

  • 1908: 2nd prize in the Törley competition
  • 1910: 2nd prize in the competition for paper and school goods
  • 1912: 1st prize in the competition for stamps

Collections

Museums

Libraries

literature

Monographic

Lexically

  • Manfred Neureiter: Lexicon of ex-libris artists. Pro Business, 2009, ISBN 978-3868054620 , p. 138.
  • Kálmán Gyöngy: Magyar caricaturisták adat- és szignótára 1848-2007. Ábrá, 2008, ISBN 9789630634274 , p. 67.
  • Ákos András Szabó: Magyar festők és grafikusok életrajzi lexikona. 2002.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Online city archive of the city of Munich
  2. ↑ Erdélyi Lapok of October 19, 1933, Year II, No. 236, p. 9
  3. ↑ Gazeta de Vest , November 5, 1933, p. 5
personal data
SURNAME Földes, Imre
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hungarian graphic artist, bookplate artist, poster artist, painter and draftsman
DATE OF BIRTH May 5, 1881
PLACE OF BIRTH Budapest
DATE OF DEATH 1948
Place of death Budapest