Livia Kádár
Livia Kádár (born Lívia Mihály (Müller), January 31, 1894 in Budapest , Austria-Hungary ; died 1985 ) was a Hungarian modernist graphic artist . Her oeuvre is closely related to Art Nouveau and uses Christian symbolism .
life and work
Livia Mihály attended the Art Academy in Budapest. In 1909 she traveled to Paris , then to Algiers and initially settled in Belgium . After the First World War , she returned to Paris with her husband, the writer Endre Kádár . She also traveled to London , where she exhibited her first works in 1925, and to New York . Her works have been exhibited in Paris several times, including at the Salon National des Beaux-Arts . From 1928 to 1929 exhibitions took place in Washington, DC , New York, Boston , Detroit and Chicago , on which engravings and etchings could be seen. She became a member of the Paris Salon .
Her work consists almost exclusively of etchings in all variations. She also created some bookplates . Christian and medieval legends inspired by Heinrich Vogeler were among the preferred subjects .
Exhibitions
- February 1 to 14, 1926: Livia Kadar Exposition , Georges Petit Gallery , Paris
- April 7 to May 17, 1929: Livia Kadar , Indianapolis Museum of Art
Works in public collections
- Bibliothèque nationale de Paris
- British Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Indianapolis Museum of Art
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- National Gallery Manchester
- Textile Museum , Washington DC
- Victoria and Albert Museum
Illustrated books
- Elsie Byrde : The Polish fairy book. Frederick A. Stokes, New York, 1925.
- Mihály Vörösmarty : Csongor és Tünde. Királyi Magyar Egyetemi Nyomda, Budapest 1930.
literature
- Gabriella Nyerges: Kádár Lívia 1894–1986 grafikusművésznő emlékkiállítása. Ed. Petőfi Literature Museum , Budapest 1994.
- Károly Lyka : Mihály, Livia . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 24 : Mandere – Möhl . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1930, p. 550 .
Web links
- Illustrations for Csongor és Tünde , at axiart
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kádár Endre író, újságíró a Nyugat első nemzedékének tagja , at kunhegyes.
- ↑ Első Magyar Festményszakértő Iroda - lexicon. biralat.hu, accessed December 10, 2019 (Hungarian).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kádár, Livia |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mihály, Lívia |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hungarian graphic artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 31, 1894 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Budapest |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1985 |