Tunis 1932 By Laszlo Barta 1902–1961

Watercolor on paper measuring 32 cm x 49 cm, plus frame 42 cm x 59 cm
signed "Barta" in the lower left corner, dedicated to Mr. Reboul and located in Tunis in 1932

This artist evolved from Fauvist Expressionism toward abstraction via Cubism
in very good condition
Born in 1902 in Hungary, Laszlo BARTA studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Budapest, where he received an award in 1925. He left his country very soon afterward due to his political beliefs and his membership in the Jewish community.
After arriving in France in 1926, he exhibited at the Salon d’Automne from 1927 through 1938, as well as at the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts in 1927 and 1928.
During World War II, he took refuge in Saint-Florent, Corsica, where he joined the Resistance under the code name “Brutus.” He was arrested and imprisoned in Italy in 1943. At the end of the war in 1948, he was naturalized as a French citizen for his service in the Resistance.
Having arrived in Saint-Tropez in 1930, he married a young woman from Toulon in 1947, and they turned their home into a sort of communal living space.
A much-loved figure in the village, he was close friends with Robert Baudinière.
Mosaic became his primary medium of expression beginning in the 1950s. He received several commissions for schools in Paris and Saint-Lô, as well as for the National Museum of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) in Salisbury. He collaborated with Raymond SUBE on the design of furniture.
His early paintings, initially figurative and reminiscent of the Fauves, were heavily inspired by the landscapes of Saint-Tropez; however, his encounter with Albert GLEIZES definitively steered him toward an art style closer to Cubism and abstraction. 
He died in 1961 in Saint-Tropez, where he is buried.
An exhibition was held in Saint-Tropez in 2022, where he was honored.
A large painting has just sold in Budapest for over 20,,000 euros
The Guardia Gallery in Le Castellet specializes in his work and has a permanent collection of his pieces on display
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