Tibor Csernus - Zwischen Mythos und Realität

Tibor Csernus - Zwischen Mythos und Realität
Published by Panorama Museum in 2005
112 pages

Tibor Csernus’ style constantly evolved during the course of his career, transforming external influences into his own unique and modern style.   Having studied at the Hungarian University of Fine Arts after the Second World War, Csernus focused primarily on landscape painting executed in a socialist realist style until 1956. In 1957 he visited Paris for the first time and was introduced to the interwar period of French art. He subsequently investigated cubism and many of the other 20^th century’s French trends in his paintings. From 1957 to 1964 his works can be described as surrealistic and mystic. By 1964 Csernus had moved to Paris permanently and turned towards a hyperrealist style. In the 1980’s the artists worked under the influence of Caravaggio, and by the 1990’s felt a strong affinity with the work of Hogarth and Traversi.