József Csáky
József Csáky , also Josef Csaky or Joseph Alexandre Czaky (born March 18, 1888 in Zernescht , Austria-Hungary ; died May 1, 1971 in Paris ) was a Hungarian - French sculptor , draftsman and puppet artist. Csáky was one of the first sculptors to sculpt the principles of Cubism . This makes him one of the pioneers of modern sculpture.
Life
Csáky studied decorative sculpture at the Budapest School of Applied Arts from 1904 to 1905 under Mátrai Lajos György (also: Mátrai Lajos the Elder). In 1907 he worked at the Zsolnay porcelain factory in Pécs , where he learned from Kapas Nagy Mihaly . In August 1908 he moved to the Parisian artist colony La Ruche in the 15th arrondissement , where he copied African sculptures for József Brummer and modeled for other artists. Thanks to an imperial scholarship from the city of Szeged , he was able to study at the Paris Académie de La Palette in 1910 , which he completed in 1913. He settled permanently in the French metropolis, but always kept in touch with his home country, where he also exhibited. From 1910 his works were shown in group exhibitions.
With his sculptures, Csaky interpreted cubist paintings by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque . Of the many works from his pre-war Paris period, only two have survived: the sculpture of a standing woman from 1913, which was added to the Guggenheim Museum's collection in 1976, and the Tête (head) from 1914.
Through his work as a secretary at Ricciotto Canudo's “Montjoie” drawing school, he met many contemporary artists. During the First World War he was called to serve in the French army. From 1920 he had a three-year contract with the art historian and dealer Léonce Rosenberg and exhibited regularly. In 1922 he received French citizenship . In 1927 he became a member of the artist group Képzőművészek Új Társasága (KUT) founded in 1924 (meaning: New Artist Community) and was a member of the Union des Artistes Modernes (UAM) from 1930 to 1953 . He made hand puppets for the Arc-en-Ciel puppet theater under the direction of Géza Blattner .
After the Second World War he lived in seclusion and poverty. His last known work are two large, classically inspired reliefs from 1956 for a primary school in Amiens .
Exhibitions
József Csáky took part in some of the most important exhibitions of avant-garde art in Paris: with the Société nationale des beaux-arts (1910 and 1911), the Section d'Or (1911), the Société du Salon d'Automne (1911, 1912) and the Société des Artistes Indépendants (1912). From 1940, his works were shown in group exhibitions at the Palais des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles and posthumously at the Musée Bourdelle in Paris in 1977. Solo exhibitions took place in Budapest in 1959, in 1980 in the Musée Rodin and in 1986 in the Musée d'art moderne de Troyes.
literature
- Ildikó Nagy: Csáky, József . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 22, Saur, Munich a. a. 1999, ISBN 3-598-22762-0 , p. 518. (online: artportal.hu )
- Csáky, József . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century. tape 1 : A-D . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1953, p. 498 .
- Csáky, József . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century. tape 5 : V-Z. Supplements: A-G . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1961, p. 404 .
Research literature
- Edith Balas: Joseph Csáky. A Pioneer of Modern Sculpture (= Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society, Book 230), American Philosophical Society 1999, ISBN 978-0-87169-230-6
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Joseph Csáky, b. 1888, Szeged, Hungary; d. 1971, Paris . Biography on the website of the Guggenheim Museum ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (engl.)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Csáky, József |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Csáky, Joseph; Csáky, József; Csaky, Joseph; Csaky, Josef-Alexandre; Caaky, Joseph-Alexandre; Czaky, Joseph; Csaky, Joseph-Alexandre |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hungarian-French sculptor, draftsman and puppet artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 18, 1888 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Blown up |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 1, 1971 |
| Place of death | Paris |