GITTA GYENES* (Budapest 1888 - 1960 Budapest) Upper-class lady oil/canvas 70 x 55,7 cm signed Gyenes Gitta verso Villagescape ESTIMATE °€ 1000 - € 2000 STARTING PRICE € 1000 Gitta Gyenes was a Hungarian artist who was particularly known for her porcelain paintings, portraits and caricatures. She learned to paint in several cities, including Budapest, Vienna and Rome. As a woman of the world, she also made the acquaintance of the Hungarian poet Attila Joszef, who was more interested in Gyenes' daughter. In her artistic life she developed a progression from post-impressionism to abstract and cubist tendencies. From 1928, Gyenes was a member of the New Society for Artists. During the Second World War, Gyenes was on the run and later incarcerated. Further artists and styles: Béni Ferenczy, Endre Vadász, Tibor Hetényi, Tibor Gergely, Brigitta Videky, Maria Lazar, Zsigmond Cselényi Walleshausen, Geza Boross, Ibolya Csengery, Gitta Gyenes, Ferenc Erdély, Ilona Bereczky, Olga Székely-Kovács, Maria Barta, Alice Endresz, Jenö Szabados, Gyula Derkovits, Jozsef Rippl-Ronay, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Victor Vasarely, and Vilmos Aba-Novak. PLEASE NOTE: The purchase price consists of the highest bid plus the buyer's premium, sales tax and, if applicable, the fee of artists resale rights. In the case of normal taxation (marked °), a premium of 24% is added to the highest bid. The mandatory sales tax of 13%, for photographys 20%, is added to the sum of the highest bid and the buyer's premium. The buyer's premium amounts to 28% in case of differential taxation. The sales tax is included in the differential taxation.