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Barna Basilides

Barna Basilides (1903 - 1967) was active/lived in Hungary.  Barna Basilides is known for Painting.

Barna Basilides' reputation was already well established when he was entrusted with the interior decoration of the Hungarian pavilion at the Brussels World Fair in 1935. It was not the first time that this young painter-decorator had taken on such an exercise. He even seems to have made a specialty of it.

From the beginning of the 1930s, the magazine of Hungarian Decorative Arts (MagyarIparmuveszet) reproduced in its pages paintings by Basilides, presented on various occasions: a Christmas party in Budapest, an agricultural exhibition, a jubilee of industrial arts, etc.

Imbued with a very personal naivety and an immediately identifiable charm, Basilides' work could certainly contribute to the influence of Hungarian culture in such an important event as a World Fair. By building this imposing pavilion in front of which a colossus with arms raised to the sky was enthroned, Hungary seemed to have opted for a true patriotic demonstration. No less than 14 panels, perhaps 1   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 2694 characters.]  Artist bio

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