Joseph csaky abstract sculpture ideas easy

Joseph Csaky was born in into a modest family of Szeged, in the South of Hungary. Supported by his father, he entered the National School of Decorative Arts of Budapest at the age of 14 ; he met Gustave Miklos there who became and stayed a close friend of his during the rest of his life.

Hungarian avant-garde artist, sculptor, and graphic

Casey quickly abandoned this academical curriculum, finding no personal satisfaction in it. While meeting with the artists of the Parisian avant-garde, the discover of Rodin, but must of all of the works of Maillol, Braque and Picasso profoundly marked the young Hungarian who developed a purified and geometrical aesthetic from then. In , Marcel Coard also began a fruitful collaboration with Csaky, inserting sculpted elements in his pieces of furnitures as well as introducing sculptures of the artist in the installations he conceived for his clients.

From , Joseph Csaky gave a new inflexion to his work ; he partially abandoned the abstract vein he cherished until then to turn to a more literal figuration, while the subjects he favored also evolved, the animals and the feminine figures becoming his favorite ones. The shapes became rounder and more voluptuous, the angles softer, facing an increasing sensuality.

In , the first monograph about Csaky was published, written by the art critic Waldemar George, while a couple of years later, the sculpter was commissioned four monumental statues for the International Exhibition of Arts and Techniques : Art and Technique for the pavilion of the U. This new orientation was not as successful as Csaky had hoped ; he progressively descended into poverty and never really made it through, despite the Assistance Committee to Csaky created by his friend Jean Cassou in We will process the personal data you have supplied in accordance with our privacy policy available on request.

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