oil painting, graphics, poster art, art nouveau
The Hungarian artist and illustrator Geza Farago worked in Budapest as a cartoonist, theatrical costume designer and poster artist. He had been the Budapest Operetta Theatre designer for 15 years. In 1898, he went to Paris where he attended Colarossi evening courses also studying in Alfons Mucha workshop. The artist exhibited in the Paris Salon a few times. In 1902, Geza Farago returned to Budapest, later he worked in the artists' colony in Kecskemét. He regularly exhibited his paintings at the National Salon in Budapest. His artwork can be found in the Hungarian National Gallery.
Geza Farago Expectation by Moonlight
Geza Farago - Among flowers, 1911
Geza Farago. Portrait of a Woman, 1903
Geza Farago Slim - Woman with a Cat, 1913
Geza Farago. Poster for Tungsram Light Bulbs, 1910
Geza Farago. The Symbolist, 1908
Geza Farago. Poster for the Holzer Fashion Store ,1902
Reception, 1910s
Géza Faragó - Hungría, 1917 (Tobacco/Cigarette Ads)
Paradise Lost, 1903
Mephisto and Gretchen, 1910s
c. 1910
Geza Farago - The End of the War, 1918
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Absolutely beautiful pictures! I love Mucha but this was a new name to me. Thank you for that! :)
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Thank you so much for your generous words!
ReplyDeleteSuper-gorgeous post..so enchanting ..such poetic and deeply beautiful art!
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thank you, Victoria
DeleteI like most of his work, but the 1917 tobacco/cigarette ad seems anti-Semitic.
ReplyDeleteHe was not anti-semite (he came from a Jewish family).
ReplyDeleteThank you!!
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