Kass, 1984 Orvosportrek (portraits of famous scientists) by Kass, 1984 Orvosportrek
Kass, 1984 Orvosportrek (portraits of famous scientists) Collection in folder of 12 etches 29 x 21
Artist: Kass, 1984 Orvosportrek
Artist Description/Story
Janos Kass is an extraordinary diverse artist: painter, sculptor and graphical artist. From the beginning of his studies, he tried different genres, between 1942-1946 he studied ceramics at the academy of applied arts, from 1946-1951 he dedicated himself to graphics at the HungarianAcademy of Fine Arts, with Gyula Hincz, Gyorgy Konecsni and Gyorgy Keder being his teachers. The years 1960-61, he was working at the faculty of graphics and visual arts in Leipzig and from 1967-81 he was teaching at the Hungarian Academy of Applied Arts at the faculty of graphics. At that time he was already considered among the best book illustrators.
From 1973 on, he designed stamps and movie posters. During his rich artistic life, he has been working in nearly all areas of graphical arts and various genres, doing drawings, different techniques of graphical multiplication, book illustrations. Together with the famous animation movie maker with Hungarian origins John Halas, they developed the first animation movie with the computer, called “Dilemma”.
He created marble sculptures, but also modern materials did not hold him back. Over several decades, he was working with friends and artists at the series “Heads”, made out of polystyrene. The roots of his arts can be found in the Hungarian culture and the constantly renewing forms of modern arts equally. The master technique is based on the tradition of graphical arts, but is combined with collages and constructivist forms. The artist was always aware of the individual and social- being of man, of culture traditions, of questions concerning technique and sciences. The various artists genres had always a productive effect on his work, literature and music play a major role in numerous outstanding works.
His series often show the gist of a creative period and a style. In “Psalmus Hungaricus” the state of being of the 1970s can be felt; in “The Tragedy of man” a certain worldview is expressed; the basic human, moral values are in the centre of the sacral representations of the “Old Testament'“; the series “Duke Bluebeard’s castle” expresses beside the basic way of thinking of man and woman a possible way towards a rationally abstract and at the same time humanistic idea of man.
Janos Kass’ numerous works can be found in the Hungarian National Gallery. Since 1985, the Janos Kass Gallery in Szeged shows a constant exhibition.
Kass, 1984 Orvosportrek (portraits of famous scientists) Collection in folder of 12 etches 29 x 21
Artist: Kass, 1984 Orvosportrek
Artist Description/Story
Janos Kass is an extraordinary diverse artist: painter, sculptor and graphical artist. From the beginning of his studies, he tried different genres, between 1942-1946 he studied ceramics at the academy of applied arts, from 1946-1951 he dedicated himself to graphics at the HungarianAcademy of Fine Arts, with Gyula Hincz, Gyorgy Konecsni and Gyorgy Keder being his teachers. The years 1960-61, he was working at the faculty of graphics and visual arts in Leipzig and from 1967-81 he was teaching at the Hungarian Academy of Applied Arts at the faculty of graphics. At that time he was already considered among the best book illustrators.
From 1973 on, he designed stamps and movie posters. During his rich artistic life, he has been working in nearly all areas of graphical arts and various genres, doing drawings, different techniques of graphical multiplication, book illustrations. Together with the famous animation movie maker with Hungarian origins John Halas, they developed the first animation movie with the computer, called “Dilemma”.
He created marble sculptures, but also modern materials did not hold him back. Over several decades, he was working with friends and artists at the series “Heads”, made out of polystyrene. The roots of his arts can be found in the Hungarian culture and the constantly renewing forms of modern arts equally. The master technique is based on the tradition of graphical arts, but is combined with collages and constructivist forms. The artist was always aware of the individual and social- being of man, of culture traditions, of questions concerning technique and sciences. The various artists genres had always a productive effect on his work, literature and music play a major role in numerous outstanding works.
His series often show the gist of a creative period and a style. In “Psalmus Hungaricus” the state of being of the 1970s can be felt; in “The Tragedy of man” a certain worldview is expressed; the basic human, moral values are in the centre of the sacral representations of the “Old Testament'“; the series “Duke Bluebeard’s castle” expresses beside the basic way of thinking of man and woman a possible way towards a rationally abstract and at the same time humanistic idea of man.
Janos Kass’ numerous works can be found in the Hungarian National Gallery. Since 1985, the Janos Kass Gallery in Szeged shows a constant exhibition.
Kass, 1984 Orvosportrek (portraits of famous scientists) Collection in folder of 12 etches 29 x 21
Artist: Kass, 1984 Orvosportrek
Artist Description/Story
Janos Kass is an extraordinary diverse artist: painter, sculptor and graphical artist. From the beginning of his studies, he tried different genres, between 1942-1946 he studied ceramics at the academy of applied arts, from 1946-1951 he dedicated himself to graphics at the HungarianAcademy of Fine Arts, with Gyula Hincz, Gyorgy Konecsni and Gyorgy Keder being his teachers. The years 1960-61, he was working at the faculty of graphics and visual arts in Leipzig and from 1967-81 he was teaching at the Hungarian Academy of Applied Arts at the faculty of graphics. At that time he was already considered among the best book illustrators.
From 1973 on, he designed stamps and movie posters. During his rich artistic life, he has been working in nearly all areas of graphical arts and various genres, doing drawings, different techniques of graphical multiplication, book illustrations. Together with the famous animation movie maker with Hungarian origins John Halas, they developed the first animation movie with the computer, called “Dilemma”.
He created marble sculptures, but also modern materials did not hold him back. Over several decades, he was working with friends and artists at the series “Heads”, made out of polystyrene. The roots of his arts can be found in the Hungarian culture and the constantly renewing forms of modern arts equally. The master technique is based on the tradition of graphical arts, but is combined with collages and constructivist forms. The artist was always aware of the individual and social- being of man, of culture traditions, of questions concerning technique and sciences. The various artists genres had always a productive effect on his work, literature and music play a major role in numerous outstanding works.
His series often show the gist of a creative period and a style. In “Psalmus Hungaricus” the state of being of the 1970s can be felt; in “The Tragedy of man” a certain worldview is expressed; the basic human, moral values are in the centre of the sacral representations of the “Old Testament'“; the series “Duke Bluebeard’s castle” expresses beside the basic way of thinking of man and woman a possible way towards a rationally abstract and at the same time humanistic idea of man.
Janos Kass’ numerous works can be found in the Hungarian National Gallery. Since 1985, the Janos Kass Gallery in Szeged shows a constant exhibition.