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Born in Budapest in 1873, Hugó Scheiber returned to the city with his family at the age of fifteen. He worked during the day and attended evening painting classes, completing his training in 1900. Initially close to Post-Impressionism, his work subsequently showed an interest in German Expressionism and Futurism. Cafés, cabarets and the street provided subjects, alongside jazz musicians and self-portraits. He worked notably in gouache and oil, combining vivid colours with strongly abstracted forms. In 1919, he exhibited with Béla Kádár at the Hevesy Salon in Vienna. He also appeared in the Société Anonyme’s New York exhibition in 1926. He died in Budapest in 1950. The Art Institute of Chicago lists his Untitled (pierrots), dating from around 1920.
This profile brings together identity references for Hugo Scheiber and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
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References include catalogue entries and available results; they do not all represent completed sales. Attributed works and special lots are excluded from the priced results.
Oil on cardboard
Paysan dirigeant son attelage
huile sur carton
Catalogue period : 2025-06-05 — 2025-06-18
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 2000–3000
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Gouache
Drei Frauen im Profil
gouache
Catalogue period : 2024-12-11
Published result : 6500 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 5000–8000
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Oil on paper
Mann mit Hut und Zigarette
Öl auf Papier
Catalogue period : 2024-12-11
Published result : 2800 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 1800–3000
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Gouache
Zeitung lesende Frau
gouache
Catalogue period : 2024-12-11
Published result : 6500 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 4000–7000
View the lot at the auction house ↗Charcoal drawing on thin cardboard
Frauenportrait
Charcoal drawing on thin cardboard
Catalogue period : 2024-09-10
Published result : 7000 CHF
Hammer price, excluding fees
Estimate : CHF 4000
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Gouache
"Dame mit Hut".
gouache
Catalogue period : 2023-05-12
Published result : 4500 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 4500
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Gouache
Zwei Tänzerinnen.
gouache
Catalogue period : 2023-05-12
Published result : 5000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 4500
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Gouache
Selbstportrait
gouache
Catalogue period : 2021-03-26
Published result : 4500 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 1000–1600
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Gouache und Bleistift auf Karton
Catalogue period : 2018-06-20
Published result : 10985 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 2000–3000
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Gouache over pencil on paper
Tanzende
Gouache über Bleistift auf Papier
Catalogue period : 2016-06-22
Published result : 4864 CHF
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : CHF 2500–3500
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Pastel and charcoal on paper
Tanzendes Paar
Pastell und Kohle auf Papier
Catalogue period : 2016-06-22
Published result : 4795 CHF
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : CHF 1000–1500
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Gouache
Portrait einer Dame
gouache
Catalogue period : 2015-09-18
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 1800–2500
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Porträt eines Clowns.
gouache
Catalogue period : 2013-05-17
Published result : 2400 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 3500
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Gouache und Kreide auf Papier.
Date to be documented
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
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Gouache on paper
Einsamer Baum
Gouache auf Papier.
Date to be documented
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
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Charcoal drawing.
Revue-Girl, ca. 1925
Kohle-Zeichnung.
Date to be documented
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
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Gouache on cardboard
Deux femmes
Gouache auf Karton.
Date to be documented
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
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Expressive Dorfpartie.
Öl auf Lwd
Date to be documented
Published result : 2700 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 4000
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Aquarell, Tusche und Farbkreide auf Papier
Date to be documented
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
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Watercolour and Indian ink
Zwei Musikantinnen.
Aquarell und Tusche
Date to be documented
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
View the lot at the auction house ↗Mixed media on paper
"Portrait".
Mischtechnik auf Papier
Date to be documented
Published result : 4300 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 3000
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Zwei Frauen.
gouache
Date to be documented
Published result : 6000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 7500
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