REVESZ-FERRYMAN, FRANCIS (1893-1983)

"Woodstock, NY" (c.1930-40)
Pastel
40 x 30cm
Signed lower right
*private collection, Sydney
 
Revesz-Ferryman was a prominent Hungarian-American Modernist and Printmaker. He studied architecture in Budapest and then went on to study painting with Walter Sickert and Frank Brangwyn while living in London. Chances are Revesz would have been introduced to printmaking by both of these artists. He immigrated to the United States in 1923. While he painted in oil, watercolor and also drew in pastel, he is today mostly remembered for his color woodcuts and colored stencils. He made a living as a stamp dealer, established for many years on Fifth Avenue in New York, but continued to make art for most of his life. His prints are mostly of exotic birds and other animals, landscapes and town life, as well as folklore. Over the course of his lifetime he had over thirty international one man shows which included Philadephia, Chicago, Australia (Holdsworth Gallery in Sydney), Dresden, Budapest, London, and New York. The artist’s archive is held at the Smithsonian in the United States.