SwissArtGallery · Documented identity
After six years of schooling, Béla Kádár becomes an apprentice iron turner. He begins painting murals in Budapest. In 1910, he visits Paris and Berlin; by 1918 at the latest, he has settled in Western Europe.
In October 1923, he presents his first major exhibition at Herwarth Walden’s Galerie Der Sturm in Berlin; the works shown are described as belonging to an Expressionist style. The Art Institute of Chicago lists an untitled work, known as a sketch for a stage set and dated 1925/28. A lot attributed to Kádár, titled Ländliche Szene mit Pferdefuhrwerk, is described as tempera on painting board, signed lower left and measuring 45 × 56 cm; it was knocked down for CHF 1,500.
This profile brings together identity references for Béla Kádár and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
22 references are documented at Dobiaschofsky, Genève Enchères, Artcurial Beurret Bailly Widmer, Schuler, Piguet, Lempertz. Each record links to its source; the amounts are not a general valuation of the artist’s work.
Watercolour
Abstraction et Nu assis
aquarelle
Catalogue period : 2025-12-08
Published result : 950 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 500–800
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Watercolour
Silhouette dans un style cubiste
aquarelle
Catalogue period : 2025-12-08
Published result : 2800 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 400–600
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Gouache
Hochhaus
gouache
Catalogue period : 2024-12-11
Published result : 4000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 4000–7000
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Oil on canvas
Die Näherin
huile sur toile
Catalogue period : 2023-06-21
Published result : 4948 CHF
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : CHF 4000–6000
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Tempera
Ländliche Szene mit Pferdefuhrwerk.
tempera
Catalogue period : 2022-05-06
Published result : 1500 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 2000
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Watercolour
Ohne Titel.
Aquarell
Catalogue period : 2022-05-05
Published result : 430 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 750
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Watercolour
Couple au cheval
aquarelle
Catalogue period : 2021-11-24 — 2021-12-08
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 7000–9000
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Indian ink
Vier Akte.
Tusche
Catalogue period : 2021-05-06
Published result : 550 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 1000
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Ink and watercolour
Figure.
Tusche und Aquarell
Catalogue period : 2019-11-08
Published result : 1100 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 2200
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Gouache
Komposition mit Vögeln
gouache
Auction date : 2018-06-01
Published result : 6200 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 6000
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Gouache
Landschaft mit Kuhhirtin
gouache
Auction date : 2018-06-01
Published result : 14880 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 8000
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Gouache
Komposition mit Häusern und Sonne.
gouache
Catalogue period : 2017-11-10
Published result : 3900 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 5400
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Indian ink
Studie zu liegenden weiblichen Akten.
Tusche
Catalogue period : 2017-11-10
Published result : 1200 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 1800
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Ink on paper
Waldstück mit Frauenakten und Rehen.
Tusche auf Papier
Catalogue period : 2017-05-12
Published result : 1800 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 2200
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Gouache
Frau mit erhobenen Armen.
gouache
Catalogue period : 2017-05-12
Published result : 2000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 2600
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Charcoal on paper
Schachspieler, 1922
Kohle auf Papier
Catalogue period : 2014-06-21
Published result : 3405 CHF
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : CHF 2000–3000
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Watercolour
Nu féminin
aquarelle
Catalogue period : 2015-03-11
Published result : 400 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 400–600
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Architecture.
Tusche, laviert
Date to be documented
Published result : 900 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 1500
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Femme et cheval.
Tusche, laviert
Date to be documented
Published result : 750 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 1500
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Couple au cheval
aquarelle
Catalogue period : 2021-06-09
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 7000–9000
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Indian ink
Femme assise dans un fauteuil.
Tusche
Date to be documented
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
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Watercolour on paper
Femme et cavalier
Aquarelle sur papier
Catalogue period : 2011-12-14
Published result : 2000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 3000–5000
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Documentation updated : 2026-10-19
