Kádár, Béla (1877-1956)

Béla Kádár  Twisting path under leafy trees, c'1910   60×62cm tempera on paper signed bottom left Kádár Béla
Béla Kádár  Sisters,  1930' years   90×60cm  tempera on paper  Signed bottom left: Kádár Béla    Exhibited, Reproduced
Béla Kádár   Seated nude at the window   74×60cm  tempera on paper Signed bottom left Kádár Béla
Béla Kádár   Sitting Nude in Armchair, c. 1930    68×49cm    tempera on paper   Signed bottom left:  Kádár Béla
Béla Kádár  Mother with her Child, c. 1930   70×44cm tempera on paper   Signed bottom left: Kádár Béla
Béla Kádár  Portrait of the Girl with Blue Shirt 54×36,5cm tempera on paper Signed bottom right: Kádár Béla
Béla Kádár  Lovers, c' 1920 years  21×25cm  graphite on paper      Unsigned
Béla Kádár Tigers 23,5×30cm lithograph on paper Signed bottom right: Kádár Béla
Béla Kádár Nude  22×33cm litograph on paper Signed bottom right: Kádár Béla
Béla Kádár The Bathing Women 29,5×19cm lithograph on paper Signed bottom right: Kádár Béla
Béla Kádár Woman with her Child  26×16cm lithograph on paper Signed bottom right: Kádár Béla
Béla Kádár Sitting women   29×20cm  chalk on paper Signed bottom right  Kádár Béla

Béla Kádár was born in Budapest and became one of the most well known artists of the Hungarian Avant-Garde during the first half of the 20th Century. Kádár attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Budapest and won the Kohner prize in 1910. Though his early work reflected the influence of the Secessionists and Post Impressionists, he can most truly be classified as a modernist. Along with his fellow Hungarian, Hugo Scheiber, the artist traveled to Berlin in 1923 and began exhibiting with one of the most important avant-garde galleries in Europe, Der Sturm. His work was included in the highly influential journals, Der Sturm and Ma, during the 20’s. As a result of his relationship with Der Sturm, Kádár’s work was also included in Société Anonyme, Inc, organized by Katherine Dreier, Man Ray and Marcel Duchamp and exhibited at the Brooklyn Museum in 1926. The artist’s style evolved over the decades to incorporate elements of Cubism, Futurism, Constructivism and Expressionism. However, his subject matter was consistently based on Hungarian legends with a metaphysical overview or a strong decorative theme. He died in Budapest in 1956.