Walleshausen, Zsigmond (1887-1978)

Zsigmond Walleshausen   Street scene in Paris, c'1925   18×12cm etching on paper Signed bottom right: Walleshausen
Zsigmond Walleshausen   Coffee House in Paris, c' 1925    18×12cm  etching in paper  Signed bottom right: Walleshausen
Zsigmond Walleshausen  Street in Paris, c' 1925    18×12cm  etching in paper  Signed bottom right: Walleshausen

Zsigmond Cselényi Walleshausen  was a Hungarian Expressionist painter, graphic artist, author and puppeteer.

Studied painting in Budapest and Paris. Participated in numerous exhibitions all over Europe, among them at the Wiener Salon in 1920 and at Belvederé in 1922.

He was involved in the modernist and avant-garde movements, associated with the “KÚT” (Képzőművészek Új Társasága [New Society of Artist]), published his articles in the periodical of “KÚT” and in Tivadar Raith’s “Magyar Írás”.

In the 1930s Walleshausen moved to Paris and worked at Géza Blattner’s renowned avant-garde puppet theater, the “Arc-en-Ciel”.