Constructivist Character By Laszlo Barta

Large oil on canvas by Laszlo Barta, signed lower right. Dimensions: 72 cm x 57.5 cm. Dimensions with frame: 79 x 65 cm. Shipping within France: €45. Other countries: €76. 1902 - 1961 Painter. Photo not available. Born in 1902 in Nagykoros (Hungary) and died in 1961 in Saint-Tropez, France. Laszlo Barta arrived in Paris in the 1920s. Between 1926 and 1933, he studied at the Budapest Academy of Fine Arts while also undertaking study trips to Rome and France. From 1927 to 1938, he exhibited at the Salon d'Automne. In Montmartre and Montparnasse, he joined the Fauvist painters such as Matisse, Dufy, and Gleizes, among others, with whom he formed close friendships. He also exhibited landscapes. and a portrait at the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts in 1927 and 1928. In 1944, he held a solo exhibition in Paris. In the 1930s, he chose to settle in Saint-Tropez; their home became an important artistic meeting place. During the war, he was placed under house arrest in Corsica, where he performed acts of bravery and resistance. In 1949, he learned the mosaic technique from artisans in Ravenna, which became one of his specialties. In 1952, he created "If All the Guys in the World Could Join Hands," a mosaic for Château-Thierry, followed by others for administrative buildings, and in 1956, two large mosaics for the Salisbury Museum (Southern Rhodesia). In 1954, an exhibition of his works in this technique was held in Paris. During his youth in Hungary, he painted still lifes, views of Lake Balaton, and figurative compositions. After settling in Saint-Tropez, he painted numerous landscapes of the Var region, making the Mediterranean, as Paul Vialar put it, "the true homeland of his vision and feelings." Since the 1950s, his formal repertoire has evolved towards abstraction while retaining his skill in capturing light and his rich palette.