Angéla Szuly

1893 - 1976

Biography

She studied at the Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts between 1916 and 1924, under István Réti. Between 1922-24 she worked at the Pécs art camp under the guidance of István Csók, a year later she painted at the Nagybánya art colony, and from 1930 she was a regular guest at the Szentendre. She was a founding member of the Miskolc Artists' Society in 1928. From 1924, she regularly exhibited at art exhibitions. In 1928 she was in Germany, in 1934 in Italy and in 1937 in Paris, where she had the opportunity to exhibit. In 1938 she participated in an Anglo-Hungarian women's art exhibition in London. In 1939, two of her paintings were selected for the Riverside Museum in New York. 

 

In 1931, she became a full member of the Hungarian Women Artists' Association, and in the same year, together with twelve other members, she founded the New Group of the Hungarian Women Artists' Association. In the following years she took part in several joint exhibitions with the group. She participated in exhibitions not only at home but also abroad, in Amsterdam (1928), Warsaw (1934), Paris (1937) and London (1938). In 1962 she had a collection exhibition at the Ernst Museum, and in his last active years he taught drawing at the Lajos Batthyány Primary School. Her works can be found in the Ferenczy Museum in Szentendre and in the Hungarian National Gallery.

 

Her early works from Szentendre, with their strong formulation, remotely reminiscent of the formal language of the Eight and the Activists, are accompanied by plein air landscapes and figurative compositions with an atmospheric effect and deep green tones, which can be classified as post-impressionism.

Related artworks

Portrait of a lady (1930s)

Angéla Szuly

12,000 USD