Discover sculptor, painter, draftsperson Zoltan Kemeny

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: Chemeny, Zoltan

Qualifications: sculptor, painter, draftsperson, fashion designer, collagist
Vanaf 1960 werkzaam uitsluitend als een beeldhouwer

Nationality/school: Hungarian, Swiss
Tot Zwitser genaturaliseerd in 1957

Born: Banica (Romania) 1907-03-21

Deceased: Zürich (city) 1965-06-14

Family relationships this field records any family relationship to one or more other artist(s).: echtgenoot van schilder Madeleine Kemeny

See also In this field, you will find references to names of groups or to the artists that made/make up groups. You may also come across references to other artists if there was/is question of collaboration without a joint name. This is the case, for instance, with artists who rendered parts of works by other artists (such as with P.P Rubens and J. Brueghel I).

Dubuffet, Jean

samenwerking vanaf 1946

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Biographical information

Education: Hungarian Academy of Arts and Design (Boedapest)

1924-1927; interieurdesign en architectuur
Academie van Beeldende Kunsten (Boedapest)

1927-1930; schilderkunst
Parijs: opleiding

vanaf 1930

Active in

Parijs 1930 - 1940
werkzaam als modeontwerper
Marseille 1940 - 1942
Zürich (stad) 1942 - 1965

active in

died in

Connections with other artists

Teacher of This field mentions the names of pupils. What is at issue are the pupils who were significantly influenced by a teacher as opposed to every student someone ever had. See also the 'Education' field.: Szekely, Vera

Subjects This field specifies the various subject categories or genres that constitute the oeuvre of the artist in question. The contents of this field are generally based more on the documentation available at the RKD than on the literature.: abstraction

Medium/technique: metal, brass, iron, types of stone (guide term), sand
Product: relief
unieke metaal reliefs - zijn kenmerk - ontstonden in 1954

Art movement Here we mention the art movement to which an artist belonged. Many art movements have not yet been entered, because the content of this field is still under development.: abstract expressionism

Prijzen

Venice Biennale 1964 - de eerste prijs

Literature

Literature in RKDLibrary: 12 hits in RKDlibrary as subject

Bénézit 1976
Witt Checklist 1978 , p. 156
Saur 1992- , AKLONLINE (mei 2011) (as: Kemeny Zoltan, Chemeny Zltan)

W.Stokvis, E.Wingen, L.Duppen [red.], De Taal van Cobra: Cobra en haar bronnen: Museumcollectie Van Stuijvenberg, Amstelveen (Cobra Museum voor Moderne Kunst), 1995, p. 286
P. Shield, 'The 1949 Cobra Exhibition at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. A Substantive Reconstruction', Jong Holland 22 (2006), nr. 1, p. 8-18

http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/ArtistWorks?cgroupid=999999961&artistid=1396&page=1&sole=y&collab=y&attr=y&sort=default&tabview=bio (maart 2011)

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External links: http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/ArtistWorks?cgroupid=999999961&artistid=1396&page=1&sole=y&collab=y&attr=y&sort=default&tabview=bio

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Creation date: 1992-01-11; Last modified date: 2023-02-09

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