Gabor Peterdi 1968 Abstract Mixed Media WC Hawaii 75 Listed New York Artist

Gabor Peterdi 1968 Abstract Mixed Media WC Hawaii 75 Listed New York Artist
Gabor Peterdi 1968 Abstract Mixed Media WC Hawaii 75 Listed New York Artist
Gabor Peterdi 1968 Abstract Mixed Media WC Hawaii 75 Listed New York Artist
Gabor Peterdi 1968 Abstract Mixed Media WC Hawaii 75 Listed New York Artist
Gabor Peterdi 1968 Abstract Mixed Media WC Hawaii 75 Listed New York Artist
Gabor Peterdi 1968 Abstract Mixed Media WC Hawaii 75 Listed New York Artist
Gabor Peterdi 1968 Abstract Mixed Media WC Hawaii 75 Listed New York Artist
Gabor Peterdi 1968 Abstract Mixed Media WC Hawaii 75 Listed New York Artist
Gabor Peterdi 1968 Abstract Mixed Media WC Hawaii 75 Listed New York Artist
Gabor Peterdi 1968 Abstract Mixed Media WC Hawaii 75 Listed New York Artist
Gabor Peterdi 1968 Abstract Mixed Media WC Hawaii 75 Listed New York Artist

Gabor Peterdi 1968 Abstract Mixed Media WC Hawaii 75 Listed New York Artist

The following biography is from Annex Galleries. Gabor Peterdi , painter, printmaker, author and educator, was born on September 17, 1915, in Pestujhely, Hungary. He began his art studies at the Hungarian Academy in 1929 at the age of fourteen. His first solo exhibition was mounted at the Ernst Museum in 1930 and that same year Peterdi won a Prix de Rome scholarship for painting which allowed him to continue his studies at the Academia delle Belle Arti. The following year he went to Paris where he attended the Academie Julian and the Academie Scandinavien.

He joined Hayters Atelier 17 in Paris in 1933 where he explored the techniques of engraving. Peterdi immigrated to the United States in 1939 and, later that year, his first American solo exhibition of paintings opened at the Julien Levy Gallery in New York.

He soon became a US citizen and joined the military serving in Germany. After his military service, Peterdi resumed his printmaking career at Atelier 17 in New York.

He began teaching at the Brooklyn Museum in 1948, organizing the graphic arts workshop there. Peterdis creative approach to intaglio continued to expand as he invented new techniques and printed from larger plates.

In 1952, he became Associate Professor of Art at Hunter College, where he taught until 1959. In 1953 he also began teaching at the Yale-Norfolk summer school, and he joined the art faculty of Yale University as a visiting professor, gaining a full-time appointment in 1960. In 1959 Peterdi published his seminal book. Printmaking Methods Old and New. His work garnered forty honors and is in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the Brooklyn Museum, the New York Public Library, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, the Philadelphia Museum of Art. And the Worcester Art Museum. It is signed, dated, and titled lower center. A partial label from the Kanegis Gallery is attached to the back of the frame. It measures 23" x 30.5" (paper size). It is in good condition (appears to be mounted to backing with mat glue on the edges of the paper). Please see my other auctions for more fine paintings and prints. The item "Gabor Peterdi 1968 Abstract Mixed Media WC Hawaii 75 Listed New York Artist" is in sale since Tuesday, August 22, 2017. This item is in the category "Art\Paintings". The seller is "kgrinder" and is located in Holliston, Massachusetts. This item can be shipped worldwide.
Gabor Peterdi 1968 Abstract Mixed Media WC Hawaii 75 Listed New York Artist


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