Lot 112: GEORGES CSATO (1910-1983) A GROUP OF FRAMED ABSTRACT COLLAGES

GEORGES CSATO (1910-1983)
A GROUP OF FRAMED ABSTRACT COLLAGES
two signed: Csato, one dated: 65; collage
Various sizes
(4)
The Hungarian born artist Georges Csato studied in Vienna then in Prague under some of the great names of the period including Archipenko, Hofer, Kokoschka and Thiel who had taken refuge there from Nazi Germany.
After the War (when he was imprisoned by the Russians) he became a distinguished portrait painter with sitters including Colette, Einstein, Rachmaninov and Bertrand Russell. His first exhibition, organized by Jean Cocteau, was held in Paris in 1948. Attractive abstracts like the present work were generally produced to great acclaim in the post-war years. A recent retrospective was held by the Burford art dealer Brian Sinfield.