Armand Schonberger Biography
Armand Schönberger (1885 - 1974) was born in 1885 in Galgóc, Slovakia. He first studied self-taught by copying Munkácsy's paintings, then continued his studies on free-spirited evening nude drawing courses at the Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts. He studied at the free school led by Anton Ažbè, who opposed to academicism, in Munich. After Ažbe's death, from 1905 he studied at the Official Academy of Munich and in the summer he attended the art school of Baia Mare, where he spent almost every summer until 1912. In 1909 in Paris he encountered the approach of Cézanne and the Delaunay's Cubist-Expressionist paintings, which have a significant impact on his art. He was among those avant-garde artists, who grouped around the intellectual leadership of Lajos Kassák formed the magazines the 'Tett' in 1915 and the 'Ma' in 1916. He worked mainly on expressive ink, chalk and charcoal drawings. He also took part in the exhibitions of the New Society of Artists and the New Association of Artists, and has been a leading member of the Association of Fine Arts since its founding. Cézanne, the Cubists, the art of the German Expressionists and the colors of the Fauves were influenced by him. His paintings, created between the two world wars, feature portraits and compositions of figures and scenes of urban life (cafes, concerts, urban landscapes). In the 1960s, the intimate corners of rooms and the harmony of nudes were the favorite themes of his production. Both his graphic and pictorial works constituted a great legacy for the early avant-garde.
