Anna Mark studied in Budapest, graduated from the College of Fine Arts, and in 1950s Hungary dreamed of becoming a painter in Paris. In 1959, she settled in the French capital. She was able to see and experience 20th-century contemporary art, which she had previously only known from reproductions. The many new experiences liberated him, and he began to experiment, searching for his own artistic voice.
He worked with oil paints, boldly creating large-scale paintings. His painting oeuvre in the classical sense consists of less than a hundred paintings, and his oil paintings are little known. Only a few of them have been seen by the public in Hungary, and some of the pieces on display here are making their debut.
He turned away from the surrealism that was popular in Hungary and the compulsion to tell a narrative, turning instead to abstract expression, since what was forbidden in Budapest was allowed in Paris. His oil paintings, like his other works, including the reliefs also on display, are characterized by lyricism and construction, as well as the inevitable element of mystery. His oil paintings are surprising, speaking in the voices of Klee, Ernst, and Szentendre, their vibrant colors, rich detail, delicacy, and fragility attracting the viewer.
Mária Árvai