Still Life With A Pitcher By Georges Simonka, 20th Century,

An important mid-century modernist-style still life in oil and collage, depicting an arrangement of objects on a table.

Oil and collage on canvas, mounted on a black wooden frame under glass.  A work of great power and presence.

Dimensions:

Height 50 cm (excluding frame)
Width 65 cm (excluding frame)
Medium: Mixed media, oil and collage on canvas

Georges SIMONKA is a Hungarian painter born in Budapest in 1916.

He studied at the University of Applied Arts in Budapest. After his first solo exhibition in Budapest in 1943, he moved to Paris, where he exhibited regularly at several art shows, including the Salon d’Automne and the Salon de Comparaison.

An active member of several Parisian art groups, Simonka exhibited successfully throughout Europe, and his works are included in the permanent collections of numerous European museums, including the Centre Pompidou in Paris. His work is also represented in museums in Linz, Salzburg, and Innsbruck, Austria, among others.