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Géza Vörös, Francis of Assisi preaching to the birds Depiction of St Francis of Assisi (1181/82 to 1226), preaching to birds under a tree on the lakeshore, the "Chronica maiora" by Matthew of Paris already reports the event in the 13th century as follows "... But the Roman people, who were hostile to everything good, despised the preaching of this man of God so much that they did not listen to him or even attend his holy exhortations. Finally, after they had refused to accept his preaching for many days, Francis severely rebuked their hardness of heart: "I am greatly grieved," he said, "at your unhappy situation, for you not only spurn me, the servant of Christ, but also despise him in me, since I proclaim to you the Good News of the Saviour of the world. Therefore I now leave Rome, and in your desolation I invoke the testimony of him who is the faithful witness in heaven; and to your shame I will proclaim the Good News of Christ to the wild beasts and the birds of the air, that they may hear the healing words of God, obey them and find peace." ...", colourful, stylised contour painting, oil on canvas, signed "vörösgéza" in ligature in Hungarian at lower right, old fragmentary Hungarian label of the "Nemzeti Szalon Budapest [National Salon Budapest]" on the reverse with partly illegible handwritten additions "... A mű cime: Szent Ferenc prédikál [Eng.: The title of the work: St Francis preaches] A műneme: olajfestnej [Eng.: His work: oil painting]" as well as other labels and illegible annotations and the stamp "Nürnberg Kiállítás [Eng.Exhibition] 1929", from 23.02.-14.04.1929 the "Exhibition of Modern Hungarian Art" took place in Nuremberg, the painting was shown at the exhibition and is listed as follows on page 37 in the exhibition catalogue (copy enclosed) "Vörös Géza ... 413 Hl. Franziskus mit den Vögeln 1927 Öl ...", craquelure, retouching, framed, folded dimensions approx. 70.5 x 70.5 cm. Artist information: actually Géza Róth, called himself "Géza Vörös" from 1917, signed "vörösgéza", Hungarian Jewish, later Protestant painter and graphic artist (1897 Nagydobrony [today Ukraine: Велика Добронь resp. Welyka Dobron] until 1957 Budapest), from 1916 in Budapest, studied 1917-20 at the Budapest Academy under Ede Balló, Dezső Pécs-Pilch and István Réti, undertook several study trips to Paris, participated in exhibitions from 1920, 1922-24 member of the painters' colony Szolnok on the Tisza and pupil of Adolf Fényes, around 1925 temporary member of the artists' colony Nagybánya [today: Baia Mare in Romania), 1929 to the 1940s active in the Szentendre artists' colony on the Danube near Budapest and in Zebegény, 1939 study trip to Italy, internment in a labour camp during World War 2. Internment in a labour camp during the Second World War, from 1948 founding member of the Nagymaros painters' colony, member of the New Artists' Association and New Society of Artists, influenced by Hugó Scheiber, source: Thieme-Becker, Vollmer, Saur "Bio-Bibliographisches Künstlerlexikon", Bénézit and Hungarian Wikipedia.

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Géza Vörös, Francis of Assisi preaching to the birds Depiction of St Francis of Assisi (1181/82 to 1226), preaching to birds under a tree on the lakeshore, the "Chronica maiora" by Matthew of Paris already reports the event in the 13th century as follows "... But the Roman people, who were hostile to everything good, despised the preaching of this man of God so much that they did not listen to him or even attend his holy exhortations. Finally, after they had refused to accept his preaching for many days, Francis severely rebuked their hardness of heart: "I am greatly grieved," he said, "at your unhappy situation, for you not only spurn me, the servant of Christ, but also despise him in me, since I proclaim to you the Good News of the Saviour of the world. Therefore I now leave Rome, and in your desolation I invoke the testimony of him who is the faithful witness in heaven; and to your shame I will proclaim the Good News of Christ to the wild beasts and the birds of the air, that they may hear the healing words of God, obey them and find peace." ...", colourful, stylised contour painting, oil on canvas, signed "vörösgéza" in ligature in Hungarian at lower right, old fragmentary Hungarian label of the "Nemzeti Szalon Budapest [National Salon Budapest]" on the reverse with partly illegible handwritten additions "... A mű cime: Szent Ferenc prédikál [Eng.: The title of the work: St Francis preaches] A műneme: olajfestnej [Eng.: His work: oil painting]" as well as other labels and illegible annotations and the stamp "Nürnberg Kiállítás [Eng.Exhibition] 1929", from 23.02.-14.04.1929 the "Exhibition of Modern Hungarian Art" took place in Nuremberg, the painting was shown at the exhibition and is listed as follows on page 37 in the exhibition catalogue (copy enclosed) "Vörös Géza ... 413 Hl. Franziskus mit den Vögeln 1927 Öl ...", craquelure, retouching, framed, folded dimensions approx. 70.5 x 70.5 cm. Artist information: actually Géza Róth, called himself "Géza Vörös" from 1917, signed "vörösgéza", Hungarian Jewish, later Protestant painter and graphic artist (1897 Nagydobrony [today Ukraine: Велика Добронь resp. Welyka Dobron] until 1957 Budapest), from 1916 in Budapest, studied 1917-20 at the Budapest Academy under Ede Balló, Dezső Pécs-Pilch and István Réti, undertook several study trips to Paris, participated in exhibitions from 1920, 1922-24 member of the painters' colony Szolnok on the Tisza and pupil of Adolf Fényes, around 1925 temporary member of the artists' colony Nagybánya [today: Baia Mare in Romania), 1929 to the 1940s active in the Szentendre artists' colony on the Danube near Budapest and in Zebegény, 1939 study trip to Italy, internment in a labour camp during World War 2. Internment in a labour camp during the Second World War, from 1948 founding member of the Nagymaros painters' colony, member of the New Artists' Association and New Society of Artists, influenced by Hugó Scheiber, source: Thieme-Becker, Vollmer, Saur "Bio-Bibliographisches Künstlerlexikon", Bénézit and Hungarian Wikipedia.

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