Artist
Vilmos Huszar (Hungarian, 1884–1960)Hungarian, 1884–1960
CultureHungarian
Titles
- Composition
Date1921
PlaceNetherlands
MediumOil on wood
Dimensions31 × 23 1/2 in. (78.7 × 59.7 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Mr. and Mrs. Theodore N. Law
Object number75.20
Current Location
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building
Gallery 203
On view
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Department
Modern and Contemporary ArtObject Type
Working in Holland, Vilmos Huszar was among the circle of artists
who allied themselves with Piet Mondrian in 1917 to establish de Stijl (The
Style), an association that embraced Mondrian’s reductive aesthetics, applying
them to architecture, design, and the decorative arts as well. Huszar became
particularly close to the architect Gerrit Rietveld, whose Red/Blue Chair is presented here. Both Huszar and Rietveld broke
from the strict grid cherished by Mondrian, as they animated their work with a
more open play of diagonal elements.
Provenance[Sidney Janis Gallery, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 1975.
Exhibition HistoryHirshhorn Museum, Washington, D.C., January 31–March 29, 1982; Stedilijk Museum, Amsterdam; Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, April 18–June 27, 1982.
"Utopian Visions in Modern Art: Dreams and Nightmares," Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, D.C., December 8, 1983–February 12, 1984.
"Vilmos Huszar," Haags Gemeentmuseum, The Hague, March 8–May 19, 1985; Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest, July 2–September 1, 1985.
"Direction and Diversity: Twentieth Century Art in the Museum Collection,” Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, May 21–September 3, 1988.
"Constructing Abstraction: Selections from the Permanent Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, May 20–September 23, 2007.
"Modern Art from the Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston,” Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, December 12, 2007–April 6, 2008.
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Robert Longo
1984
Mixed media: acrylic and silkscreen on wood; charcoal and graphite on dyed paper; oil and copper leaf on carved oak; granite and metal; oil on hammered lead
2007.612.A-.E
