Georg Mayer-Marton - Mid 20th Century Charcoal Drawing, Portrait of a Woman

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Description

Georg Mayer-Marton - Original Mid 20th Century Charcoal Drawing. Drawn on thin wove paper. Unsigned. There is creasing and discolouration to the upper edges of the page as shown. Small loss to the right edge and a larger loss to the lower left corner, otherwise in fine condition.

Hungarian-born Georg Mayer-Marton (1897-1960) studied at the Academies of Vienna and Munich, becoming Secretary and then Vice President of the progressive society of artists, the Hagenbund. His life took a turn in 1938 when he fled to England with his wife with the advent of the Nazis and the enactment of Hitler’s race. In 1940, during the London Blitz, his studio home in St John’s Wood was burnt by an incendiary bomb. Most of his life’s work and his personal possessions were destroyed. After over a decade of traveling and lecturing with the Arts Council Mayer-Marton took up a permanent position as senior lecturer at the College of Art in Liverpool. “The course in this technique which he instigated at the College was the first of its kind in the U.K, His civilizing influence and breadth of vision, underpinned by a deep understanding of Art History, combined with the technical skill of the practising artist, are remembered with gratitude by former students.” http://www.mayer-marton.com/

Size

45 x 39cm (17.7" x 15.4")
Sheet: 57 x 42cm (22.4" x 16.5")

Collection Information

We are pleased to bring you a striking collection of drawings by Georg Mayer-Marton, consisting primarily of nude and portrait styles executed in an expressionist style. The collection reveals his huge talent and passion for conveying the human form. The elongated faces and occasionally deformed bodies of his subjects draw a clear line of heritage to the Viennese artist Egon Schiele (1980-1981).