This exhibition poster is from the Magyar Millennium in Hungary for an exhibition in 2001 featuring a self portrait from Hungarian post-impressionist Bela Gruber.
Dimensions: 38.5 in x 26.5 in (98 cm x 67 cm)
Condition: some edge tears, some rough edges, see photos
Béla Gruber was a painter and graphic designer. Interrupting his high school studies, he worked as a helper at the Óbuda Shipyard, then as a decorator before being admitted to the Budapest Academy of Fine Arts in 1956, where he was first a student of György Kádár, and later János Kmetty and Aurél Bernáth. He died before completing his studies, but his legacy is still rich, consisting of about a thousand works, including his famous diploma thesis entitled Painter's Room, which remained unfinished.
In Gruber's pictures, he reconstructs and constructs the depicted material world in the constructive style that developed following Cézanne's and Hungarian antecedents in the twentieth century. In his compositions, his objects are delimited by strong contours, and he places his picture planes in illusionistic spatial systems.
Because of the age of these posters, there are areas of wear and tear, particularly on the edges. I have done my best to take photos where they are torn. The good news is that when framed, the tears press up well against glass, and edges can be hidden by mats. Any wear picked up from years are part of the charm.
These posters are sent as unframed. They are delivered in a cardboard tube for protection.
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