18 Facts About Endre Rozsda

Endre Rozsda was born in Mohacs, a small city along the Danube in Hungary.

Endre Rozsda acquired the basic skills of the trade in the school of Vilmos Aba-Novak.

Endre Rozsda's first solo exhibition, held in the 'Tamas' gallery at age 23, was a great success.

Endre Rozsda became acquainted with Max Ernst and Alberto Giacometti.

Endre Rozsda's thinking underwent fundamental change and came closer to Surrealism.

Endre Rozsda came into contact with Raymond Queneau and Andre Breton, who wrote an introduction for his exhibition at the 'Furstenberg' Gallery.

Endre Rozsda participated in the International Exhibition of Surrealism in Milan.

Endre Rozsda had his first solo show in the middle of this period in the Tamas Gallery, with a dedication written by Aba-Novak.

Endre Rozsda's master is right to claim that Rozsda's developed pictorial vision belies his age.

Endre Rozsda encountered a number of new impulses in the French capital.

Endre Rozsda's painting style, developed to bring memories back to the surface and show the hidden connections of the mind, had a strong affinity with the surrealist project and surrealist creative techniques.

Endre Rozsda's mother was deported in 1944 and he went into hiding to escape persecution.

When, after returning from Paris in 1943, Endre Rozsda showed his work, critics were confused.

Thanks to this connection, one of Endre Rozsda's works was shown at the Galleria Schwarz in Milan in an international surrealist exhibition curated by Andre Breton in 1961.

Endre Rozsda's second show at the Furstenberg Gallery displayed the results of this exploratory work, although subsequently his painting took another turn and developed further in the direction of lyrical abstraction.

Endre Rozsda had the ambition of making the viewer part of the creative process.

Indeed, this arc of transformation that led Endre Rozsda's painting from post-Impressionism and Surrealism through lyrical abstraction is not found in his graphic work.

Endre Rozsda was inspired by the same thing throughout his life: the creation of new images through a close observation of details and a combination of various visual components.