István Szegedi-Szüts
Illustration — Self-portrait at 50 years • Illustration — 1916 Pencil sketch of Gwynedd Jones-Parry on Cornish beach by Alfred Munnings István Szegedi Szűts (7 December 1893 in Budapest – 1959) was a Hungarian painter and illustrator, a friend of the composers Béla Bartók, Zoltán Kodály and György Ránki. He served in World War I and his books include 'My War' and 'Last Letters from Stalingrad'. 'My War', two volumes of pen, ink and wash drawings, published in 1931 by John Lane, is a wordless novel of his wartime experiences.
István Szegedi-Szüts
- Born
- 1893 · Budapest.
- Died
- 1959 · Penzance.
- Nationality
- Hungary
- Occupation
- painter · illustrator
- Education
- Hungarian University of Fine Arts
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Illustration — Self-portrait at 50 years • Illustration — 1916 Pencil sketch of Gwynedd Jones-Parry on Cornish beach by Alfred Munnings István Szegedi Szűts (7 December 1893 in Budapest – 1959) was a Hungarian painter and illustrator, a friend of the composers Béla Bartók, Zoltán Kodály and György Ránki. He served in World War I and his books include 'My War' and 'Last Letters from Stalingrad'. 'My War', two volumes of pen, ink and wash drawings, published in 1931 by John Lane, is a wordless novel of his wartime experiences.
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His economy of line has been compared with that of Eric Gill and Keith Vaughan. He visited England in 1929, holding a solo exhibition at the Gieves Gallery in London. In 1936 he moved to Cornwall with Gwynedd Jones-Parry, another painter, whom he married in 1937. One of their wedding presents was Alfred Wallis' 'Three Sailing Vessels on a River' given by Jim Ede, who was a junior curator at the Tate and purchased many of Wallis' paintings. The couple lived at Caunce Head near Mullion, Cornwall on the Lizard Peninsula and stayed there for the rest of their lives. He exhibited with the Newlyn Society of Artists and the Penwith Society of Arts. Daily Mail 1929
• My War. London Bodley Head; 1931 • My War. NY William Morrow & Co.; 1932
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1893
István Szegedi-Szüts was born on 7 December 1893.
1959
István Szegedi-Szüts died on 12 April 1959.
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- 1.https://www.kieselbach.hu/muvesz/szegedi-szuts-istvan-_szegedi-szucs-istvan_-szegedi-szuts_-stephan__6188 Retrieved: 2023.11.11
- 2.Istvan SZEGEDI SZUTS - cornwall artists index.
- 3.Alfred WALLIS (1855-1942) Mixed media / house.
- 4.Revell, Alastair. Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood (Fine Art Auctioneers): Istvan Szegedi Szuts - My War.
- 5.Revell, Alastair. Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood (Fine Art Auctioneers): Istvan Szegedi Szuts (1892-1959).
- 6.FAMAG 2004.12 - Szegedi-Szuts, Istvan (1892-1959): Self portrait, signed and dated 1942, oil on canvas, 56 x 46 cms [sic]. Presented by Michael Snow in 2004. - The Permanent Collection - Falmouth Art Gallery.
- 7.1931 My War London Ed. a bibliographic listing for 1931 My War London Ed.
- 8.1932 My War NY Ed. a bibliographic listing for 1932 My War NY Ed.
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