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KLÁRA DONÁTH (Biographical data unknown)

Garden vista, 1949
oil/canvas 60,5 x 73 cm
signed Klara/Donath, dated 1949

SCHÄTZPREIS / ESTIMATE °€ 200 - 400
STARTPREIS / STARTING PRICE °€ 200

Klára Donáth (Donáth-Patay) studied art and painting in Hungary before she had to leave the university for political reasons. She trained as a costume designer and worked for various Hungarian theaters. As a result of the Hungarian Uprising in 1956, Donáth had to leave her homeland, and she emigrated to Australia. There she supported herself with various jobs to support her family, but also continued to work as an artist, particularly with textiles. Her Hungarian origins and the music of Bela Bartók were important sources of inspiration. In 1987 she received an Australia Council grant to work in the Hungarian community of Melbourne for eight months with the aim of making two large-scale wall installations for the Hungarian Community Centre in Wantirna. The two installations "Soft Wall - Homage to Bartok" and "Hard Wall - Patria Dictis", which deal with Hungary, femininity and masculinity, took four years to complete. In 1998, both works were purchased by Museums Victoria. In 1999, she gave an interview for Museums Victoria's Immigration & Artistic Practice Collection. Well-known Hungarian artists are: Béni Ferenczy, Endre Vadász, Tibor Hetényi, Tibor Gergely, Brigitta Videky, Maria Lazar, Zsigmond Cselényi Walleshausen, Geza Boross, Ibolya Csengery, Gitta Gyenes, Ferenc Erdély, Ilona Bereczky, Olga Székely-Kovács, Maria Barta, Alice Endresz, Jenö Szabados, Gyula Derkovits, Jozsef Rippl-Ronay, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Victor Vasarely and Vilmos Aba-Novak.

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