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1920 - 2006, Hungarian See the art by this Artist » Bela de Kristo was born in Hungary on the 15th of May, 1920. He studied at the Theresianum Vienna University. In 1939 he began his further studies at The Budapest School of Art. During his time as a student, Bela de Kristo was involved in many other enterprises: he designed stage settings for films, and took an active role in the first cinema club in Hungary. The Newspaper of Budapest was also publishing his cartoons at the time. After graduating, Bela De Kristo moved to Paris where he organised an exhibition of Hungarian artists in 1947. Whilst he was in Paris, his home country was occupied by the Soviet army, and consequently he decided to settle indefinitely in Paris. Whilst in Paris, Bela de Kristo regularly frequented the Academy Julian and La Grande Chaumiere. In 1948 he took part in a public exhibition at the Duncan Gallery and later in 1950 he exhibited in The Canes Exhibition at the Carlton Gallery. Four years later, in 1954 he set up a vast workshop on la Rue Vignon. His workshop became a creative hub, were one could find professionals from the press, publishing and the art world. At the time, many of de Kristo’s drawings and cartoons appeared in Paris Match, but the majority of his time was spent focusing on painting. Bela de Kristo’s work is hugely varied. Over the years he constantly renewed his mode of expression, making models, photomontages, illustrated childrens' books, cartoons and theatre stage sets. Using a rigorous cubist format, de Kristo’s work displays an additional sensitivity and a softened vision of the world. In his early period he was greatly influenced by the Russian Constructivists such as Malevich as well as Picasso’s synthetic cubist works. This combination of influences is in evidence in ‘Suprematist Composition,’ (1948). There is an ever present humour in his work, sometimes naïve in its display. De Kristo invited the viewer to consider surface beauty along with the subjective depth. He was a lover of colour. Harmonising shades and tones, he broke the lines and curves of objects and light into the multiple perspectives of cubism. Drawing from the subjects that surrounded him Bela de Kristo was inspired by the happenings of everyday life. He tried to use abstraction in a similar way to the Surrealists but it was in his cubism that he excelled. After withdrawing from the Parisian world, Bela de Kristo moved to Normandy, where he died in 2006. La cafetiere rouge (1960) Oil on board 42.5 x 33.0 cm £ 7,000.00 GBP Nocturne II (1956) Oil on board 42.5 x 25.5 cm £ 4,500.00 GBP Le village Oil and collage on board 34.0 x 26.0 cm £ 7,000.00 GBP Autoportrait Oil on board 54.0 x 69.0 cm £ 8,000.00 GBP Still life with Mandolin Oil on board 78.6 x 58.2 cm £ 8,000.00 GBP Nu Chez Andre Lhote (1952) Gouache, watercolour, and pencil on paper 37.0 x 26.0 cm £ 6,000.00 GBP Seul à Paris Gouache on paper 31.5 x 22.0 cm £ 5,500.00 GBP Arlequin Oil on canvas 54.0 x 46.0 cm £ Neg. Composition Oil on card 48.0 x 34.0 cm £ Neg. Geometric composition Oil on board 46.0 x 38.0 cm £ 6,000.00 GBP Nature morte cubiste (1953) Oil on canvas 35.0 x 22.0 cm £ Neg. Les musiciens (1960) Oil on board 39.0 x 54.0 cm £ Neg. La chaise verte, le soir au printemps (1954) Oil on board 41.0 x 31.0 cm £ Neg. Nature morte au violon Oil on Panel 45.0 x 36.0 cm £ Neg. Le Port (1975) Oil on Canvas 42.0 x 55.0 cm £ Neg. Fenêtre ouverte à Vence (1965) Oil on canvas 78.0 x 95.0 cm £ Neg. Paysage abstrait (1965) Oil on canvas 75.0 x 93.0 cm £ 11,000.00 GBP Back to the top of the page »