He was born in Osijek in 1904 in the Croatia-Slavonia (Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary, from 1918 part of the Serb-Croat-Slovene Kingdom) to a poor family of mixed Hungarian-Serbian heritage (original surname of his family was Stefanović / Стефановић[1]). At the age of five he moved to Serbia with his parents and spent his life in Novi Sad, where he began to paint in 1949 after his serious illness and retiring. Between two world wars he worked as a button-maker, second-hand dealer, comb-maker, shop assistant and lathe operator in various towns of former Yugoslavia. During World War II he lived in exile, in Hungary, and in 1945 he returned to Novi Sad. Feješ suffered from asthma and sciatica throughout his life, keeping him bed-ridden. In 1949, he discovered painting and handicrafts, and began his first works. In 1969 Feješ died in Novi Sad, leaving behind many buttons and combs, and hundreds of pictures that are much admired for their lack of inhibition and universal appeal.[2][3][4][5]
Artistic Style
He began to paint nudes, portraits, still life and genre scenes from suburban life; from 1954 he exclusively painted urban scenes. He had his first exhibition in 1955 and independent show in 1956. He was a protagonist of urban landscape in naïve art and outsider art in the South–Slavic region. Despite his great freedom in presentation and stylization, his compositions did not exceed the domain of the explicit and the recognizable, because he took black and white postcards with monumental buildings as models, and copied them by using carbon paper, then magnified them, always adding something from his fantasy. Realistic appearance and coloring of buildings were subordinated to the artist's fancy, sometimes not the least like original. He painted the towns at the Adriatic Coast, the North Sea, England, Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, France, India, etc. Defining the arches and architraves by use of frieze of dominoes, scattered buttons instead of oculi the artist showed his lucidity. With his irresistible wish to make the reality more beautiful, to make the grey colourful, he uses warm, sound and fauvist bright tints. The absence of narration, i.e. the abstract forms, coloring, inclination to the geometrical, strong rhythm and stylization in the presentation, flatness and ornamentation point to instinctively conceived modern sensibility of Emerik Feješ. A figure did not interest him much, but the dance of tiles, specific boogie-woogie, by which he made unique, cheerful scenery, rhapsodies of shapes and colours, behind which he used to hide, lonely, ill and fragile like a small, grey screw in the machinery of mainstream which devours everything. He lived in his own world of infantile game of colours and lines in the ambience of everlasting childhood. He was not considerably prominent during his lifetime. His art was recognized by the audience many years later. He is a world classic today.[5]
Exhibitions
He exhibited his urban legends worldwide and many times received awards and recognition. The greatest and most representative collections of his works are in Museum of Naïve and Marginal Art (MNMA), Jagodina, Serbia, in Croatian Museum of Naïve Art, Zagreb, Gallery Elke und Werner Zimmer, Düsseldorf; and Galerie Charlotte Zande Bönningheim, Germany, etc.
Gallery
Big Ben - Parliament in London, about 1962, tempera on paper, 56x85cm, MNMA, Jagodina
Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, about 1962, tempera on paper, 56x85cm, MNMA, Jagodina
Old Belgrade, about 1960 tempera on paper, 58x73cm, MNMA, Jagodina
Venice, about 1966 tempera on paper, 58x40cm, MNMA, Jagodina
Worms, about 1963 tempera on paper, 50,5x62cm, MNMA, Jagodina
References
^"Art magazin - Emerik Feješ (1904 - 1969) - Slike".
^Н.Крстић, Наивна уметност Србије, SANU, MNMA, Jagodina, 2003, 137
^Н.Крстић, Бајка о градовима, monograph, MNMA, Jagodina, 2014, 11
^ abN. Krstić, Outsider Art in Serbia, monograph, MNMA, Јагодина, 2014, pp. 144-151
Literature
М.Бошковић; М.Маширевић,Самоуки ликовни уметници у Србији, Торино, 1977
Ото Бихаљи-Мерин; Небојша Бато Томашевић, Енциклопедија наивне уметности света, Београд, 1984
Н. Крстић, Наивна уметност Србије, САНУ, MNMA, Jagodina, 2003
Н. Крстић, Наивна и маргинална уметност Србије, MNMA, Jagodina, 2007
N. Krstić, Outsiders, catalogue, MNMA, Jagodina, 2013
Н. Крстић, Бајка о градовима, монографија, MNMA, Jagodina, 2014
N. Krstić, Outsider Art in Serbia, MNMA, Јагодина, 2014, pp. 144–151
External links
Emerik Feješ paintings, autobiography, photo
August 21, 2023
emerik, feješ, serbian, cyrillic, Емерик, Фејеш, osijek, november, 1904, novi, july, 1969, painter, classic, serbian, naïve, Емерик, Фејешborn, 1904, november, 1904osijek, austria, hungarydiedjuly, 1969, 1969, aged, novi, serbia, yugoslavianationalityyugoslavi. Emerik Fejes Serbian Cyrillic Emerik Feјesh Osijek November 3 1904 Novi Sad July 9 1969 was a painter a classic of Serbian Naive art Emerik FejesEmerik FeјeshEmerik FejesBornEmerik Fejes 1904 11 03 November 3 1904Osijek Austria HungaryDiedJuly 9 1969 1969 07 09 aged 64 Novi Sad Serbia YugoslaviaNationalityYugoslavian HungarianKnown forPainterMovementNaive art Outsider artWebsite 1 Contents 1 Biography 2 Artistic Style 3 Exhibitions 4 Gallery 5 References 6 Literature 7 External linksBiography EditHe was born in Osijek in 1904 in the Croatia Slavonia Kingdom of Hungary Austria Hungary from 1918 part of the Serb Croat Slovene Kingdom to a poor family of mixed Hungarian Serbian heritage original surname of his family was Stefanovic Stefanoviћ 1 At the age of five he moved to Serbia with his parents and spent his life in Novi Sad where he began to paint in 1949 after his serious illness and retiring Between two world wars he worked as a button maker second hand dealer comb maker shop assistant and lathe operator in various towns of former Yugoslavia During World War II he lived in exile in Hungary and in 1945 he returned to Novi Sad Fejes suffered from asthma and sciatica throughout his life keeping him bed ridden In 1949 he discovered painting and handicrafts and began his first works In 1969 Fejes died in Novi Sad leaving behind many buttons and combs and hundreds of pictures that are much admired for their lack of inhibition and universal appeal 2 3 4 5 Artistic Style EditHe began to paint nudes portraits still life and genre scenes from suburban life from 1954 he exclusively painted urban scenes He had his first exhibition in 1955 and independent show in 1956 He was a protagonist of urban landscape in naive art and outsider art in the South Slavic region Despite his great freedom in presentation and stylization his compositions did not exceed the domain of the explicit and the recognizable because he took black and white postcards with monumental buildings as models and copied them by using carbon paper then magnified them always adding something from his fantasy Realistic appearance and coloring of buildings were subordinated to the artist s fancy sometimes not the least like original He painted the towns at the Adriatic Coast the North Sea England Germany the Netherlands Switzerland France India etc Defining the arches and architraves by use of frieze of dominoes scattered buttons instead of oculi the artist showed his lucidity With his irresistible wish to make the reality more beautiful to make the grey colourful he uses warm sound and fauvist bright tints The absence of narration i e the abstract forms coloring inclination to the geometrical strong rhythm and stylization in the presentation flatness and ornamentation point to instinctively conceived modern sensibility of Emerik Fejes A figure did not interest him much but the dance of tiles specific boogie woogie by which he made unique cheerful scenery rhapsodies of shapes and colours behind which he used to hide lonely ill and fragile like a small grey screw in the machinery of mainstream which devours everything He lived in his own world of infantile game of colours and lines in the ambience of everlasting childhood He was not considerably prominent during his lifetime His art was recognized by the audience many years later He is a world classic today 5 Exhibitions EditHe exhibited his urban legends worldwide and many times received awards and recognition The greatest and most representative collections of his works are in Museum of Naive and Marginal Art MNMA Jagodina Serbia in Croatian Museum of Naive Art Zagreb Gallery Elke und Werner Zimmer Dusseldorf and Galerie Charlotte Zande Bonningheim Germany etc Gallery Edit Big Ben Parliament in London about 1962 tempera on paper 56x85cm MNMA Jagodina Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris about 1962 tempera on paper 56x85cm MNMA Jagodina Old Belgrade about 1960tempera on paper 58x73cm MNMA Jagodina Venice about 1966tempera on paper 58x40cm MNMA Jagodina Worms about 1963tempera on paper 50 5x62cm MNMA JagodinaReferences Edit Art magazin Emerik Fejes 1904 1969 Slike N Krstiћ Naivna umetnost Srbiјe SANU MNMA Jagodina 2003 137 N Krstiћ Outsiders catalogue MNMA Jagodina 2013 29 N Krstiћ Baјka o gradovima monograph MNMA Jagodina 2014 11 a b N Krstic Outsider Art in Serbia monograph MNMA Јagodina 2014 pp 144 151Literature EditM Boshkoviћ M Mashireviћ Samouki likovni umetnici u Srbiјi Torino 1977 Oto Bihaљi Merin Neboјsha Bato Tomasheviћ Enciklopediјa naivne umetnosti sveta Beograd 1984 N Krstiћ Naivna umetnost Srbiјe SANU MNMA Jagodina 2003 N Krstiћ Naivna i marginalna umetnost Srbiјe MNMA Jagodina 2007 N Krstic Outsiders catalogue MNMA Jagodina 2013 N Krstiћ Baјka o gradovima monografiјa MNMA Jagodina 2014 N Krstic Outsider Art in Serbia MNMA Јagodina 2014 pp 144 151External links EditEmerik Fejes Emerik Fejes paintings autobiography photo Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Emerik Fejes amp 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