Esteban Fekete – Original Pastel – The Banquet (Sold)

Esteban Fekete

 (born 1924 – Cinkota, Hungary)

The Banquet – 1961

Original Pastel

Signed and dated lower right

About Esteban Fekete

Esteban Fekete was born in 1924 in in Cinkota near Budapest. He was raised in Hungary and Turkey. As a young man he was an promising athlete, and in 1948 while on a trip to Paris a group of Hungarian athletes, he decided not to return to Hungary where the political situation was deteriorating.

Fekete moved to Argentina, where he first began his work as an self-taught artist. An exhibition in Frankfurt, Germany in 1961 was a success, and Fekete was offered a position at the University of Darmstadt. He became a German citizen in the 1970s.

Fekete is known for his colorful depictions of fairy tales and legends executed in oil, pastel and woodblock prints. Each image tells a story.

Sources: The Esteban Fekete Foundation

Dimensions: 45 X 30 cm

Condition: Excellent