FAMAG 2004.12
A twentieth-century Continental artist?s frame with ogee profile; canted back edge and bevel to sight; finished with off-white paint and faux marbre back edge; supplied by Paul Mitchell Limited. (r)
About this work
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Szegedi-Szuts, Istvan (1892-1959): Self portrait, signed and dated 1942, oil on canvas, 56 x 46 cms. Presented by Michael Snow in 2004.
More information about the frame
A contemporary frame, apposite in terms of date and aesthetics for this painting, the ogee profile cradles the work, opening out from it to the wider setting. The finish of this frame is particularly suited to the muted blues, warm flesh tones and unpainted canvas; these are the authentic colours of the model, and are very much of their time ? including the faux marbre (simulated marble) back edge, a revival of a sixteenth-century Netherlandish practice.
About the Artist
Istvan Szegedi-Szuts was a painter and illustrator born in Budapest, Hungary. He was a friend of the composers Bela Bartok, Zoltan Kodaly and Gyorgy Ranki. Szegedi-Szuts served in the First World War and produced a book about his experiences entitles 'My War' (publishes 1931 by John Lane) that included 200 full-page ink drawings. He first visited England in 1929 and held a solo exhibition at the Gieves Gallery, London, in the same year. In 1936 he moved to Cornwall with his partner Gwynedd Jones-Parry, whom he married in 1937. The couple lived a Caunce Head, near Mullion on The Lizard, and remained there for the rest of their lives. He exhibited with the Newlyn Society of Artist and Penwith Society of Arts St Ives.