Pavlo Bedzir (1926-2002): Trees, mixed media on paper, dated 1996

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Work: ca. 70 x 48,5 cm 

Frame: 86 x 64,5 cm

 

The Ukrainian artist Pavlo Bedzir (°1926, Kalyny, Zakarpattia region) was trained by the artist Berecz Vilmos József (°1915). In 1946, he graduated from the Painting Department of the Uzhhorod College of Applied Arts, where his teachers were Fedir Manaylo, Ernest Kontratovych and Adalbert Erdeli. In the 1950s and 60s, an informal avant garde club was formed around the artist. Later on, he was persecuted by the Soviet power authorities for freethinking. In 1968, he joined the National Union of Artists of Ukraine. In 1996 winner of the I. Bokshai and A. Erdeli awards. His works are kept a.o. in the Transcarpathian Art Museum.

Estimate: € 500 - € 1000