Gustave Miklos: Difference between revisions

| bgcolourname = silverGustave Miklos

| nameimage = File:Gustave Miklos.jpg

| Borncaption = Gustave Miklos c.1919

| imagebirth_name = File:GustaveMiklós Miklos.jpgGusztáv

| birth_datedeath_date = {{birthdeath date and age|df=yes|1967|3|5|1888|6|30}}

| fieldmovement = Sculptor, painter, illustrator = [[Cubism]], designer[[Art Deco]]

| trainingnotable_works =

| movementpatrons = [[Cubism]], [[Art Deco]] =

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Gustave Miklos was the second of four children. At age seven his teachers had already noticed his burgeoning talent, and persuaded his parents to educate their children further.<ref name="Készman József">{{citeCite news web|url=http://artmagazin.hu/artmagazin_hirek/egy_vilagraszolo_magyar_-_az_art_deco_egyetemes_nagykovete_miklos_gusztav_1888_budapest1967_oyonnax.102.html|title=artmagazin az on-line művészeti magazin - Egy világraszóló magyar |workurl=http://artmagazin az on.hu/artmagazin_hirek/egy_vilagraszolo_magyar_-line_az_art_deco_egyetemes_nagykovete_miklos_gusztav_1888_budapest1967_oyonnax.102.html művészeti magazin|newspaper=Artmagazin}}</ref>

From 1904 to 1906 Miklos studied under [[László Kimnach|Kimnach László]] (1857–1906) at the [[Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design|Hungarian Royal National School of Arts and Crafts]],<ref name="Készman József" /> where he met [[Joseph Csaky]].<ref name="Patkaï">Christiane Patkaï, ''Gustave Miklos: sa vie et son œuvre de sculpteur, mémoire de maitrise'', Paris,1978</ref> A musician and music lover, he played the violin and harp. He traveled to [[Paris]] in 1909, shortly after Csaky, and settled at [[La Ruche (residence)|La Ruche]] in [[Montparnasse]].<ref>{{citeCite book |last=Duncan |first=Alastair |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ro9PAAAAMAAJ&q=gustave+miklos&dq=gustave+miklos&hl=en&sa=X&ei=dbtZUtmuIsmw7AaX_4D4Dw&redir_esc=y |title=The Encyclopedia of Art Deco |year=1998 |publisher=Knickerbocker Press |isbn=9781577150466}}</ref> Shortly thereafter Miklos exhibited at the [[Salon d'Automne]] and the [[Salon des Indépendants]].<ref name="Christie's">{{citeCite web |last=Christie's |title=Gustave Miklos (1888-1967) |url=http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/sculptures-statues-figures/gustave-miklos-jeune-fille-1927-5404291-details.aspx?from=searchresults&intObjectID=5404291&sid=a3977d12-124f-4c07-b64d-81882de02b6c|title=Gustave Miklos (1888-1967)|author=Christie's|publisher=}}</ref> There he formed close associations with [[Joseph Csaky|Csaky]], [[Alexander Archipenko|Archipenko]] and [[Fernand Léger|Léger]], artists at the forefront of the Parisian [[avant-garde]]. While in Paris he was exposed to the works of French modernists [[Paul Cézanne]], [[Georges Seurat]], [[Paul Gauguin]], and probably [[Henri Matisse]] and [[Pablo Picasso]].<ref name="Készman József" />

Miklos frequented the [[Académie de La Palette]], where he learned [[Cubism|Cubist]] techniques. There he studying under [[Henri Le Fauconnier]], and later entered the studio of [[Jean Metzinger]].<ref name="Patkaï" /><ref>Danuta Cichocka, Etienne Bastin, Christiane Patkaï, Jacques Renoux, Gustave Miklos. ''Un Grand œuvre caché''. Livres, reliures, graphismes, vol. 1, Paris, Fata Libelli, 2013, {{ISBN|978-2-9544801-0-7}}</ref> He visited the group of artists, poets and writers of the [[Section d'Or]]. Shortly after the [[Armory Show]] in New York, Miklos participated in the ''Exhibition of Cubist and Futurist Pictures'', Boggs & Buhl Department Store, Pittsburgh, July 1913. The exhibition included works by Jean Metzinger, [[Albert Gleizes]], [[Jacques Villon]], Fernand Léger, [[Pierre Dumont (painter)|Pierre Dumont]] and Arpad Kesmarky. Sponsored by the [[Gimbels|Gimbel Brothers]] department store, the Cubist and Futurist show toured Milwaukee, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia and New York from May through the summer of 1913. [[Walter Pach]], knowing practically all the artists in the exhibition, probably had something to do with the organization of the show.<ref name="McCarthy, Pach">{{citeCite book |last1=McCarthy |first1=Laurette E. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j_9DhsBoyS4C&pg=PA66&lpg=PA66&dqq=gustave+miklos,%2C+armory+show&source=bl&ots=gdTIeVxK1x&sig=pHns-MAobi6uRMMAsAVLJ1Wee1s&hl=en&sa=X&ei=xgRZUuq6FoGt7Qb3uoCQAg&ved=0CBgQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&qpg=gustave%20miklos%2C%20armory%20show&f=falsePA66 |title=Walter Pach (1883-1958) |last2=Pach |first2=Walter |year=2011 |publisher=Penn State Press |isbn=978-0271037400}}</ref><ref>{{citeCite book |last1=Léger |first1=Fernand |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p7EW9Cv1sfoC&pg=PA264&dqq=gustave+miklos&hlpg=en&saPA264 |title=X&eiFernand Lger |last2=dbtZUtmuIsmw7AaX_4D4Dw&redir_escLanchner |first2=y#vCarolyn |last3=onepage&qHauptman |first3=gustave%20miklos&fJodi |last4=falseAffron |titlefirst4=FernandMatthew |year=1998 Lger|publisher=The Museum of Modern Art |isbn=9780870700521}}</ref>

Miklos further developed his technical skills at ''Ateliers Brugier'', a lacquer workshop in Paris. In [[Jean Dunand]]'s studio his interested turned towards metal panel-beating, enameling and rock-crystals. During this time he associated with the Paresian avant-garde.<ref name="Christie's" /><ref>{{citeCite book |last=Campbell |first=Gordon |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i3Od9bcGus0C&pg=RA1-PA280&dqq=gustave+miklos&hlpg=en&sa=X&ei=dbtZUtmuIsmw7AaX_4D4Dw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=gustave%20miklos&f=falseRA1-PA280 |title=The Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts |date=9 November 2006 |publisher=Oxford University Press, USA |isbn=9780195189483}}</ref> Subsequently, Miklos devoted most of his time to sculpture, a medium in which his style became less convoluted, purist in nature, retaining an element of mystery.<ref name="Christie's" /> Miklos personally supervised the casting of his bronzes and the application of various patinas, so that light would reflect desirably off their surfaces.<ref name="Christie's" />

In 1921, on the initiative of the French art dealer [[Léonce Rosenberg]], three public auctions were held over the course of two days. Many Cubist works were sold.<ref name="Kubisme">[http://www.kubisme.info/kt260b.html Kubisme, ''Veiling 19 oktober 1921''] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.istoday/20131013001810/http://www.kubisme.info/kt260b.html |date=2013-10-13 }}</ref> Five works by Miklos were presented on Wednesday 19 October 1921 at the last public auction with 233 works in Amsterdam, entitled ''Oeuvres de l'école française moderne. Collection réunie par L'Effort Moderne'' (Leonce Rosenberg), Paris, L'Hotel de Ventes de Roos (sous la direction de A. Mak), Amsterdam, 1921. Also in the catalog of this auction were eight plates inserted with black and white images in a separate folder.<ref name="Kubisme" />

In 1923 Miklos exhibited in a group show at the Léonce Rosenberg's Galerie de L'Effort Moderne.<ref>{{citeCite web |last=postantiq |title=post-antiq |url=http://post-antiq.blogspot.com.es/2011/05/kicsoda-miklos-gusztav.html|title=post-antiq|author=postantiq|publisher=}}</ref>

[[Joseph Csaky]], [[Jacques Lipchitz]] and [[Louis Marcoussis]] collaborated with Miklos in 1927 on the decoration of Studio House of the French fashion designer [[Jacques Doucet (fashion designer)|Jacques Doucet]], rue Saint-James, [[Neuilly]]. Doucet had seen the work of Miklos at the 1920 Salon des Indépendants.<ref name="Christie's" /> Doucet was also an art collector of [[Post-Impressionist]] and [[Cubist]] paintings. He purchased ''[[Les Demoiselles d'Avignon]]'' directly from Picasso's studio.<ref>{{citeCite book |last=Green |first=Christopher |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vlY6SLmg-xEC&pg=PA57&lpg=PA57&dqq=%22jacques+doucet%22+staircase+by+joseph+csaky&sourcepg=bl&ots=jvZeOQqDNb&sig=FF6sbrEJ7QnZEljAmyquHlR6oJI&hl=en#v=onepage&q=%22jacques%20doucet%22%20staircase%20by%20joseph%20csaky&f=falsePA57 |title=Art in France, 1900-1940 |year=2000 |publisher=Yale University Press |isbn=0300099088}}</ref>

*{{citeCite book |title=Gustave Miklos, le moderniste byzantin. Catalogue raisonné. Volume II: sculptures, arts décoratifs, peintures |urlid={{ASIN|2954480122|country=https://www.amazon.fr/Gustave-moderniste-byzantin-Catalogue-raisonn%C3%A9/dp/2954480122}}}}

*{{citeCite book |last=Marcilhac |first=Félix |title=Gustave Miklos and Joseph Csaky |urlyear=https://www.amazon.com/Gustave-Miklos-Joseph-Csaky-Marcilhac/dp/9638735082/ref2010 |publisher=pd_sim_sbs_b_1/278-1068609-7125649?ieKálmán Makláry Fine Arts |isbn=UTF8&refRID=1EWF37YEYP06ZGYB57S1978-9638735089}}

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