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Margit Anna was born in Borota in 1913 and died in Budapest in 1991. She developed a painting practice in which self-portraits coexist with masks and grotesque figures. Arriving in Budapest around 1930, she studied drawing and formed a lasting friendship with Éva Falus, whom she met through OMIKE art classes. Their relationship accompanied a search for personal and professional independence. In 1937 she visited Marc Chagall in Paris with her husband, the painter Imre Ámos.
A cofounder of the European School in 1945, Anna transformed her visual language after Ámos died in a concentration camp. Dolls with oversized heads carry memories of violence and loss. Biblical references, folk culture and bitter humour run through these images. Her work connects individual experience with a broader representation of human vulnerability.
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Oil on canvas
Pauvre Atlas
huile sur toile
Catalogue period : 2019-09-17
Published result : 3000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 1000–1500
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