Sigismond Kolos-Vari
1899–1983
The artist's name appears as Sigismond Kolos-Vari Kolos-Vary, or Kolozsvári Zsigmond.
- Born
- 1899, Hungary
- Died
- 1983, France
- Gender
- Male
- Studio eras
- Listed in
- Moser Appendix (1977)
Atelier 17 group shows 11
- 1937Atelier 17: Exposition de gravures et objets gravés (1936-37)
Galerie aux Quatre Chemins, Paris, France · March 12 to March 31, 1937
Notes and sources
Thank you to Michele Greet for the Beaux-Arts citation.
Sources
Atelier 17: Exposition de gravures et objets gravés (1936–37). Invitation. Paris: Quatre Chemins, 1937. Tate Archive, Papers of Stanley William Hayter, TGA 200515/3/2/1/1–2.
“L’Atelier 17,” Beaux-Arts: Chronique des arts et de la curiosité, April 2, 1937, 6.
- 1939VIIe Exposition de Gravures et Platres Gravés du Groupe de l’Atelier 17
Galerie de Beaune, Paris, France · April 21 to May 5, 1939
Notes and sources
About the exhibiting artists
Kolos-Vari is listed in the catalogue as "Sandor Kolos-Vari" in error; the exhibitor was Sigismond Kolos-Vari. Sandor (Alexandre) Kolozsváry was Sigismond's elder brother, also a printmaker, but he did not work at Atelier 17 (confirmed by Julia Cserba, October 2026). "Werner" is listed without a first name; linked here to Werner von Alvensleben.
Sources
VIIe Exposition de gravures et plâtres gravés du Groupe de l'Atelier 17. Preface by Lucho Vargas. Exhibition catalogue. Paris: Galerie de Beaune, 1939.
Charles Théophile, "Les Expositions: Gravures du Groupe de l'Atelier 17," Marianne, May 3, 1939, 15.
- 1939Studio 17: Engravings, Etchings, Plaster Prints
Guggenheim Jeune, London, United Kingdom · June 8 to June 23, 1939
Notes and sources
About the exhibiting artists
Kolos-Vari is listed in the catalogue as "Sigismond Kolos Vari."
Sources
S. W. Hayter's Studio 17: Engravings, Etchings, Plaster Prints. Preface by Herbert Read. Exhibition catalogue. London: Guggenheim Jeune, 1939.
Christina Weyl and James Chadwick, "United in Their Craft: The Stylistic Diversity of Atelier 17's Prewar Artists," in Peggy Guggenheim in London: The Making of a Collector; The Story of Guggenheim Jeune, 1938–1939, ed. Gražina Subelytė and Simon Grant (Venice: Marsilio Arte, 2026), 205–21.
- 1944New Directions in Gravure: Hayter and Studio 17
Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York · June 28 to October 8, 1944
Traveled to
- Cincinnati Modern Art Society, Cincinnati, Ohio · December 2 to December 16, 1944
- Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, Maryland · January 4 to January 25, 1945
- St. Paul Gallery and School of Art, Minneapolis, Minnesota · February 4 to February 25, 1945
- Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan · March 11 to April 1, 1945
- Art Institute of Zanesville, Zanesville, Ohio · April 14 to May 5, 1945
- San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, California · May 29 to June 26, 1945
- Fort Worth Art Association, Fort Worth, Texas · September 1 to September 25, 1945
- Museum of the Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan · November 4 to November 25, 1945
- Henry Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington · January 14 to February 4, 1946
- School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, Massachusetts · February 18 to March 11, 1946
- Willard Straight Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York · March 25 to April 15, 1946
- Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York · May 18 to June 8, 1946
Notes and sources
Sources
James Johnson Sweeney, "New Directions in Gravure: Hayter and Studio 17," Bulletin of the Museum of Modern Art 12, no. 1 (August 1944).
- 1952St. W. Hayter – Grafisch Werk, Boekillustraties / Atelier 17
Stedelijk Kunstsalon Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium · May 24 to June 11, 1952
Notes and sources
Sources
St. W. Hayter: Grafisch werk, boekillustraties; Atelier 17. Introduction by John Trouillard. Exhibition catalogue. Antwerp: Stedelijk Kunstsalon, 1952.
- 1953Quelques Graveurs Contemporains autour de l’Atelier 17
Kunsthandel Martinet, Amsterdam, The Netherlands · November 26 to December 23, 1953
Traveled to
- Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium · January 9 to January 20, 1954
- ‘t Venster, Rotterdam, The Netherlands · February 27 to March 27, 1954
- Nordisk Kunsthandel, Copenhagen, Denmark · May 20, 1954
- Galleria Numero Redazione, Florence, Italy · December 16, 1954 to January 5, 1955
Notes and sources
This show’s checklist changed over the various venues.
Hayter also attempted to bring this show to Paris at the Musée de Luxembourg, but it was refused:
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Exhibition poster, Tate Archive, Papers of Stanley William Hayter, 200510/3/23/1.
- 1954[Modern color enravings]
[Interior Associates?], 408 North Fulton Street, Fresno, California · April to May 1954
Notes and sources
Sources
"Print Exhibit," The Fresno Bee, April 25, 1954: 50.
- 1962Hayter and Atelier 17, 1927-1962
Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, United Kingdom · June 15 to July 14, 1962
Notes and sources
Sources
Hayter and Atelier 17, 1927-1962 (London: Institute of Contemporary Arts, 1962).
- 1963S. W. Hayter e l’Atelier 17
Galleria de’ Foscherari, Arte Contemporanea, Bologna, Italy · May 25 to June 13, 1963
Notes and sources
The exhibition in Bologna was organized "con la gentile collaborazione" ("with the kind collaboration") of Galerie du Dragon in Paris. It is not yet known if the show was also on view in Paris before or after its run in Bologna.
Sources
S. W. Hayter e l'Atelier 17, ed. Andrea Emiliani (Bologna: Galleria de' Foscherari, 1963).
- 1967S. W. Hayter et l’Atelier 17
Palais des Beaux-Arts, Charleroi, Belgium · February 18 to March 12, 1967
Notes and sources
About the exhibiting artists
The catalogue lists Marcel Duchamp's Les deux Frères (no. 20) in the Paris 1927–1939 section, but there is as yet no evidence that Duchamp participated in Atelier 17 during the prewar period.
Sources
S. W. Hayter et l'Atelier 17 (Charleroi: Palais des Beaux-Arts, 1967); exhibition invitation, Tate Archive, Papers of Stanley William Hayter, 200510/3/202/1.
- 1981Atelier 17: 1927 Paris New-York 1950
Galerie de Seine, Paris, France · October 22 to November 28, 1981
Notes and sources
About the exhibiting artists
Pablo Picasso is included in the checklist (no. 87, "Combat," 1937, burin), but this print is not linked to Atelier 17.
Sources
Exhibition brochure, Tate Archive, Papers of Stanley William Hayter, 200510/3/112/1.