Emil Lindenfeld (1905 – 1986) was a Hungarian-American oil-painter. Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Painting (pān'tīng in Art, is the practice of applying Color to a Surface (support base such as e He is best known for his vibrant choice of colors painting working people, idyllic pastoral landscapes, sensuous nudes, peasants on the field but, perhaps his most dramatic theme, the life of the miner. Nudity is the state of wearing no Clothing. The term' "nudity" can also occasionally be used to refer to wearing significantly less clothing than expected A peasant is an agricultural worker who subsists by working a small plot of ground
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Early years
Emil Lindenfeld was born in Hódmezővásárhely, Hungary, in 1905. Hódmezővásárhely (pronounced, Croatian: Vašarhelj) is a city in south-east Hungary, on the Great Hungarian Plain, at the meeting Hungary (Magyarország 'mɔɟɔrorsaːg) officially in English the Republic of Hungary ( Magyar Köztársaság, literally Magyar (Hungarian Republic He began his art studies under the supervision of János Tornyai, a Hungarian master of the 20th century. János Tornyai (1869-1936 was a renowned Hungarian painter At age 15, the town held an exhibition of his paintings in the local movie theater.
Hungary soon proved to be too small a home for Emil’s ambition. His dream was the azure skies and bright sunshine of Italy, the cradle of art. In 1926, at age 21, he moved to Milan, Italy with great expectations but only 60 liras in his pocket. Milan (Milano Milan (listen) is one of the largest cities in Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy. Etymology The word Libra developed its Lira shape from Italian, a language famed for its loss of initial consonants in two-part clusters (ie After spending a night in a cheap hotel, he bought two small canvases and some paint with the rest of his money. He painted two Hungarian landscapes and attempted to sell his paintings by going door to door. Finally, after no apparent luck, he sat down on the terrace of a coffee shop to exhibit his paintings. He was hungry, exhausted and his hope was waning. Then, the curator of the National Galleries happened to see his paintings. He asked for the price and Emil said, “make an offer. ” He sold the paintings for 150 liras, which was enough to rent a furnished room in a house owned by the two sisters of a military prosecutor. These caring people helped Emil a great deal. To demonstrate his gratitude and appreciation, he secretly painted a portrait of the prosecutor. This painting was such a success that the prosecutor gave him his office to use as a studio and supplied him with painting materials.
He feverishly started to paint large, massive compositions, which fantasy didn’t let him rest. Day and night he painted working people, idyllic pastoral landscapes, sensuous nudes, peasants on the field, but his most dramatic theme, was the life of the miner. He went down to the mine for weeks to study the harshness of their lives. He also painted the lagoons of Venice, the tired resting people on the park bench, portraits of Christ and the Crucifixion – and soon enough, he held exhibition after exhibition in more and more prestigious galleries. Venice ( Italian: Venezia, Venetian: Venesia or Venexia) is a city in Northern Italy, the capital of the Crucifixion (from Latin crucifixio, noun of process crucifixio, from perfect passive participle crucifixus, fixed to a cross from Inevitably, he began to win award after award. His work was displayed in as many as three to four exhibitions yearly. Respected art-critics wrote about his work. The price of his paintings sold up to 40,000 liras, a far cry from the first 150 liras he received for the first two.
Life During World War II
Then, in 1942, the war arrived on the Italian front. Amidst the horrors of the war, Emil lost his studio, along with all his possessions, in a bombardment. He spent the next few years in a high mountain village named Asiago. This article is about the settlement in the Province of Vicenza Italy Amazingly, even with the disparity of war and losing everything, his hand never stopped painting. During this period, he created several large compositions, mountain-scenes, landscapes and depictions of the lives of the local people. After returning from a life in the mountains, he started to exhibit his new paintings that he painted during the war. In 1946, he was elected Councilor of Italian Art. However, life wasn’t the same in Italy anymore and he heard much about the great and free country of the United States of America. This time, Italy proved to be too small to house Emil’s work and ambition. In 1956, the same year of the Hungarian Uprising, he decided to move to New York City.
United States
Emil Lindenfeld was invited to exhibit with Frank Lloyd Wright in the New York Coliseum. Frank Lloyd Wright (June 8 1867 &ndash April 9 1959 was an American (of Welsh descent Architect, Interior designer, Writer, and educator who The New York Coliseum was a Convention center that stood on Columbus Circle in New York City from 1956 to 2000 He exhibited 150 paintings. Emil Lindenfeld, himself, organized many exhibitions and enriched several American museums with his paintings. During his long career, he tirelessly sought new ways to express himself and his fantasies. In the last phase of his life, his paintings were the perhaps the most revealing of his true self. It came so naturally to him that he often played and sometimes joked with his brushes. It was the most peaceful, happiest and most colorful period of his life.
Emil Lindenfeld died in his home in 1986, surrounded by his beloved paintings and he was buried from his studio in a small, historic cemetery in Bedminster, New Jersey. Bedminster Township is a Township in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. His doctor and friend, eulogized him saying, “We doctors are teaching patients to die but in Emil’s case I was the student and he was the teacher. ”
Periods of Color
Emil Lindenfeld passed through 16 distinct periods. Scholars cite four distinctive phases: the Essential Phase, the Impressionistic Phase, the Mirage Phase and the Post Humane Phase. Each period is manifested in some different variant of artistic expression. Most significant of which the colors, the dominating ones, change in each period. He had a flamboyant yellow period, he passed through his blue gloomy period, and his vibrant orange period. Emil’s last three phases were: the Impressionistic, the Mirage and the Birth of the Universe.
Quotes
- "My brain never sleeps, this is both a curse and a blessing. "
External links
Sources
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