Barockstolen

by Endre Nemes

Artist Endre Nemes (Ungern, 1909 - 1985)

Alternate Title

The Baroque Chair

Date1941

MediumTempera och olja

DimensionsBildmått: 109 × 90 cm Yttermått: 130,5 × 111,5 × 5,1 cm

ClassificationPaintings

Credit LinePurchase 2003 with contribution from Catherine Nemes Nagel

Countries

Sweden, Hungary

Object NumberMOM/2001/173

The artwork is not on display

About the artworkLike Peter Weiss, Endre Nemes came to Sweden as a political refugee. The useless baroque chair tells of the futility of life. A brutal yet dreamlike mood pervades in this interpretation of the global situation as seen from a Swedish neutrality perspective. "The weather forecast: swarms of iron-clad grasshoppers are moving across the continent." Nemes portrays the absurdity of life. He was born in Hungary in 1909, attended the Academy of Art in Prague, emigrated to Finland in 1938, was extradited, ended up in Norway six days before the German invasion, and fled to Sweden. "In my paintings, all the things I have loved and hated, the things I wanted to protect and destroy, are resurrected. They are witnesses and evidence."
Signatures, inscriptions and marks Baksidan av duken: endre nemes 1941, VI-VII "BAROCKSTOLEN" 109x90 cm (tempera och olja), Etikett "Moderna Museet 24 nov 1990-13 jan 1991, kat nr 41" Samt ytterligare fem etiketter och utställningshistorik på klisterlappar. Selected exhibition history CO Hultén - Oron och begäret (den 25 februari 2012 - den 27 maj 2012) Moderna Museet Malmö 10 historier - svensk konst 1910-1945 ur Moderna Museets samling (2007) Moderna Museet, Stockholm The Moderna Museet exhibition catalogues 10 historier : svensk konst 1910-1945 ur Moderna Museets samling : [2/6 - 9/9 2007]C O Hultén : Oron och begäret : [Moderna Museet Malmö 25/2-27/5 2012]

Works by the artist