17 Facts About Gustave Miklos

Gustave Miklos, written Gusztav Miklos and Miklos Gusztav was a sculptor, painter, illustrator and designer of Hungarian origin.

An influential sculptor involved with Cubism and early developments in Art Deco, Miklos exhibited at the Salon d'Automne and the Salon des Independants during the 1910s and 1920s, and in 1925 showed at the International Exposition of Modern Industrial and Decorative Arts; the exhibition from which the term "Art Deco" was derived.

Gustave Miklos became a naturalized French citizen in 1922, and a member of The French Union of Modern Artists in 1930.

From 1904 to 1906 Gustave Miklos studied under Kimnach Laszlo at the Hungarian Royal National School of Arts and Crafts, where he met Joseph Csaky.

Gustave Miklos traveled to Paris in 1909, shortly after Csaky, and settled at La Ruche in Montparnasse.

Shortly thereafter Gustave Miklos exhibited at the Salon d'Automne and the Salon des Independants.

Gustave Miklos frequented the Academie de La Palette, where he learned Cubist techniques.

Gustave Miklos visited the group of artists, poets and writers of the Section d'Or.

Under the pseudonym of "Rameau", Gustave Miklos is mobilized with the Armee francaise d'Orient, along with his friend Jean Rucki, who adopted the nickname "Lambert".

Gustave Miklos was assigned with Lambert-Rucki to aerial reconnaissance missions and subsequently to the Archeological Service at the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki, Greece, where both Miklos and Lambert-Rucki conducted excavations.

Gustave Miklos returned to Paris in the fall of 1919.

Gustave Miklos further developed his technical skills at Ateliers Brugier, a lacquer workshop in Paris.

Subsequently, Gustave Miklos devoted most of his time to sculpture, a medium in which his style became less convoluted, purist in nature, retaining an element of mystery.

Gustave Miklos personally supervised the casting of his bronzes and the application of various patinas, so that light would reflect desirably off their surfaces.

Five works by Gustave Miklos were presented on Wednesday 19 October 1921 at the last public auction with 233 works in Amsterdam, entitled Oeuvres de l'ecole francaise moderne.

In 1923 Gustave Miklos exhibited in a group show at the Leonce Rosenberg's Galerie de L'Effort Moderne.

Gustave Miklos purchased Les Demoiselles d'Avignon directly from Picasso's studio.