230 - György Szlovak* (1913 – 1987 Budapest)

György Szlovak* (1913 – 1987 Budapest) Portrait of an actress oil/canvas 80 x 60 cm signed Szlovák SCHÄTZPREIS / ESTIMATE °€ 800 - 1000 STARTPREIS / STARTING PRICE °€ 800 György Szlovák (1913–1987) was a significant Hungarian painter and graphic artist. Born in 1913, he was particularly renowned for his expressive works, which are characterized by an intense engagement with color and form. Szlovák studied at the Academy of Fine Arts and later worked as a teacher and mentor. His diverse body of work encompasses both painting and graphic art, distinguished by a modern—and at times abstract—visual language. He participated in numerous national and international exhibitions and received widespread recognition for his contributions to the Hungarian art scene. In an art-historical context, his work is situated alongside that of artists such as István Szőnyi, István Csók, Oszkár Glatz, and János Repcze. Furthermore, connections can be drawn to movements such as Expressionism, Hungarian Modernism, New Objectivity, and Realism, as well as to artists like Maximilian Reinitz, Karl Hauk, and Otto Dix. PLEASE NOTE: The purchase price consists of the highest bid plus the buyer's premium, sales tax and, if applicable, the fee of artists resale rights and platform fee. In the case of normal taxation (marked ° at the estimate), a premium of 24% is added to the highest bid. The mandatory sales tax is added to the sum of the highest bid, the buyer's premium and platform fee. This amounts to 13% for paintings, drawings, graphic works and sculptures and 20% for photographs and all other items. The buyer's premium amounts to 28% in case of differential taxation. The sales tax is included in the differential taxation.