BELA UITZ* (Mehala 1887 - 1972 Budapest)
BELA UITZ* (Mehala 1887 - 1972 Budapest)
Tower, 1921
etching/paper, 42,7 x 32,3 cm
signed Uitz B, labelled No. 2 Turm (Moskau)
from the Moscow album
ESTIMATE °€ 200 - 300
STARTING PRICE °€ 200
Bela Uitz was a Hungarian painter of the 20th century. From 1908 to 1912 he studied at the University of Fine Arts in Budapest. In 1914 he took part in his first exhibition in Budapest. Along with pictures from the group “The Eight” (Nyolcak), his works were also shipped to the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, for which he received a gold medal in 1915. In the same year, Uitz, together with his brother-in-law Lajos Kassák and Emil Szittya, published the Hungarian avant-garde magazine “A Tett” (The Act), which was banned by wartime censors in 1917. Afterwards he was a co-editor in Kassák's magazine "MA" (Today) and took part in their third group exhibition in 1918. In 1917, Peter Dobrovics, Lajos Gulácsy, János Kmetty and József Nemes-Lamperth had an exhibition entitled “A Fiatalok” (The Boys). After the end of the war he was one of the leading visual artists of the Hungarian Soviet Republic; he was a member of its art directorate and head of the workshops for proletarian fine arts, where propaganda posters were produced (“Voeroes Katonák El?re!”). After the fall of the Soviet Republic he was imprisoned for a while. In 1920 Uitz fled to Vienna. In 1921 he became a member of the illegal Hungarian Communist Party. In Berlin he dealt with Russian constructivism; In Moscow he took part in the 3rd Congress of the Communist International. After returning to Vienna, he broke with Lajos Kassák and founded the magazine Egyseg (Unity) with Aladár Komját. He translated the “Realist Manifesto” by Naum Gabo, the program of the constructivist group by Rodchenko and Stepanova and the thoughts of Suprematism by Kazimir Malevich. Afterwards released an album with 23 abstract linocuts. In 1923 Uitz adopted the Proletkult painting style. In 1924 he moved to Paris, where he agitated illegally for the Parti communiste français under the pseudonym W. U. Martel, and painted in Collioure. In 1926 Uitz moved to the Soviet Union. At first he taught in the workshops of Vkhutemas and Vkhutein. From 1936 to 1938 he stayed in Kyrgyzstan. He was imprisoned during Stalin's purges in 1938/39. After the end of the war, Uitz was again involved in monumental paintings. In 1970, shortly before his death, he returned to Hungary, where the “Uitz Múzeum” in Pecs was set up for him.
PLEASE NOTE:
The purchase price consists of the highest bid plus the buyer's premium, sales tax and, if applicable, the fee of artists resale rights. In the case of normal taxation (marked °), a premium of 24% is added to the highest bid. The mandatory sales tax of 13%, for photographs 20%, is added to the sum of the highest bid and the buyer's premium. The buyer's premium amounts to 28% in case of differential taxation. The sales tax is included in the differential taxation.
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BELA UITZ* (Mehala 1887 - 1972 Budapest)
Tower, 1921
etching/paper, 42,7 x 32,3 cm
signed Uitz B, labelled No. 2 Turm (Moskau)
from the Moscow album
ESTIMATE °€ 200 - 300
STARTING PRICE °€ 200
Bela Uitz was a Hungarian painter of the 20th century. From 1908 to 1912 he studied at the University of Fine Arts in Budapest. In 1914 he took part in his first exhibition in Budapest. Along with pictures from the group “The Eight” (Nyolcak), his works were also shipped to the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, for which he received a gold medal in 1915. In the same year, Uitz, together with his brother-in-law Lajos Kassák and Emil Szittya, published the Hungarian avant-garde magazine “A Tett” (The Act), which was banned by wartime censors in 1917. Afterwards he was a co-editor in Kassák's magazine "MA" (Today) and took part in their third group exhibition in 1918. In 1917, Peter Dobrovics, Lajos Gulácsy, János Kmetty and József Nemes-Lamperth had an exhibition entitled “A Fiatalok” (The Boys). After the end of the war he was one of the leading visual artists of the Hungarian Soviet Republic; he was a member of its art directorate and head of the workshops for proletarian fine arts, where propaganda posters were produced (“Voeroes Katonák El?re!”). After the fall of the Soviet Republic he was imprisoned for a while. In 1920 Uitz fled to Vienna. In 1921 he became a member of the illegal Hungarian Communist Party. In Berlin he dealt with Russian constructivism; In Moscow he took part in the 3rd Congress of the Communist International. After returning to Vienna, he broke with Lajos Kassák and founded the magazine Egyseg (Unity) with Aladár Komját. He translated the “Realist Manifesto” by Naum Gabo, the program of the constructivist group by Rodchenko and Stepanova and the thoughts of Suprematism by Kazimir Malevich. Afterwards released an album with 23 abstract linocuts. In 1923 Uitz adopted the Proletkult painting style. In 1924 he moved to Paris, where he agitated illegally for the Parti communiste français under the pseudonym W. U. Martel, and painted in Collioure. In 1926 Uitz moved to the Soviet Union. At first he taught in the workshops of Vkhutemas and Vkhutein. From 1936 to 1938 he stayed in Kyrgyzstan. He was imprisoned during Stalin's purges in 1938/39. After the end of the war, Uitz was again involved in monumental paintings. In 1970, shortly before his death, he returned to Hungary, where the “Uitz Múzeum” in Pecs was set up for him.
PLEASE NOTE:
The purchase price consists of the highest bid plus the buyer's premium, sales tax and, if applicable, the fee of artists resale rights. In the case of normal taxation (marked °), a premium of 24% is added to the highest bid. The mandatory sales tax of 13%, for photographs 20%, is added to the sum of the highest bid and the buyer's premium. The buyer's premium amounts to 28% in case of differential taxation. The sales tax is included in the differential taxation.
