345 - Gyula Békési Pap, ‘Fésülkür’ - Young woman combing her hair, oil painting, framed

Gyula Békési Pap, ‘Fésülkür’ - Young woman combing her hair, oil painting, framed Gyula Békési Pap, 1899 Orosháza, Austria-Hungary - 1983 Budapest, Hungarian painter and designer, student and teacher at the Bauhaus in Weimar, here: ‘Fésülkür’ (Hair Treatment) - a young woman combing her hair, oil on thin wooden panel, 65 x 73 cm, monogrammed on the right, inscribed ‘Fésülkür’ in handwriting on the reverse and signed Pap, framedAbout the artist: Gyula Pap joined the Bauhaus in Weimar in 1920 and studied under Johannes Itten and László Moholy-Nagy. In 1923, he created his most famous design - a pioneering floor lamp for the experimental exhibition space ‘Haus am Horn’. Today, this iconic lamp is being faithfully reissued by Tecnolumen. From 1926 to 1933, Gyula Pap lived in Berlin as a painter and exhibition designer. With the rise of the Nazi regime, he returned to Hungary; from 1949 to 1962, he was a professor at the Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts in Budapest. His works are exhibited in major European institutions, such as the Städel Museum.