Hugo Scheiber

Hugó Scheiber ( born September 29, 1873 in Budapest, † March 7, 1950 ) was a painter of Hungarian modernism.

Life and work

Scheiber was born in 1873 in Budapest. He spent his childhood in Vienna and helped early on his father, who was a scene painter in the Prater. In 1887 he took painting lessons, but he dropped out to support the family financially after the demise of the Prater Theatre in 1890 returned to Budapest. Scheiber worked as a sign painter and attended from 1898 to 1900, the School of Applied Arts in Budapest. His early works are based on Impressionists. In 1919 he had an exhibition with Béla Kádár in Vienna, where he moved in 1920. There he met with Herwarth Walden, who moved him to go to Berlin in 1922. In the 20 - years Scheiber sat apart with Futurism and Expressionism. He dealt thematically especially with portraits, life in the big city and the world of cabaret. His works were shown at the Galerie Der Sturm and published in the same journal. 1926 his paintings were shown in the exhibition " Société Anonyme" in New York. Scheiber was a member of the Vienna Hagebundes and the Hungarian Artists Association KUT ( ​​New Society of Visual Artists ) and UME (association of new artists). In Budapest, his work has been shown repeatedly in exhibitions at the Ernst Museum and Gallery Tamás. In 1933 he was invited by Marinetti in the meeting of the Futurists "Mostra Nazionale d' Arte Futurista " part. In the 30s he oriented himself with his work increasingly on Art Deco. Hugo Scheiber returned in 1939 returned to Budapest, where he died in 1950.

Scheiber's work is represented in numerous exhibitions of Hungarian avant-garde and renowned collections, including at the Hungarian National Gallery and the Janus Pannonius Muzeum in Pecs.