Monday, March 14, 2022

Motorcycle racing


 ‘Motorcycle Racing’ by Hungarian painter  László Szakmáry, painted in the 1940s.  To me it feels a bit primitive, but the artist was known as a caricaturist and for his Art Deco paintings. It does capture the excitement of a crowd at a motorcycle race. 
A bit of Googling brings up the fact that the original is up for sale, $2700! Here.


 

1 comment:

rats said...

Looks primitive, maybe sorta, but he knew what he was looking to do. Lot of (borderline goofy, good-humored) compression in that painting, and yeah it definitely conveys excitement. Here's another nice piece of his:

https://www.kieselbach.hu/artwork/fun---fair_-1924_59