Lot 95: Aladar Edvi Illes Still Life Oil on Canvas

This lot features an original oil on canvas still life painting by Aladar Edvi Illes (Hungarian 1870 - 1958). Illes, born in Budapest, finished at the Pattern Drawing School in 1893, and followed this up with studies at the Arts Teacher Training School in Budapest and the Julian Academy of Paris. He studied aquarelle in London and went to Italy on Scholarship. He taught at the Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts from 1903. He worked in Transylvania, Turkey and Holland in 1905. He painted in a number of artist colonies, Nagybánya, Kecskemét, Szentendre and Budapest among them. Signed "Edvi Illes" lower right register. "T" shaped tear in canvas. Measures 20" x 16". This piece comes from the Dickenson Estate of Knoxville, TN. Please See Photos for Details. Shipping Available.