Barna Basilides PRICE CHARTS
1903 Tornaalja - 1967 Budapest, Hungary. Known for: Painting.
Barna Basilides' reputation was already well established when he was entrusted with the interior decoration of the Hungarian pavilion at the Brussels World Fair in 1935. It was not the first time... Read full biography
Barna Basilides' reputation was already well established when he was entrusted with the interior decoration of the Hungarian pavilion at the Brussels World Fair in 1935. It was not the first time that this young painter-decorator had taken on such an exercise. He even seems to have made a specialty... Read full biography
Barna Basilides' reputation was already well established when he was entrusted with the interior decoration of the Hungarian pavilion at the Brussels World Fair in 1935. It was not the first time that this young painter-decorator had taken on such an exercise. He even seems to have made a specialty of it. From the beginning of the 1930s, the magazine of Hungarian Decorative Arts (MagyarIparmuveszet) reproduced in its pages paintings by Basilides, presented on various occasions: a Christmas... Read full biography
Barna Basilides' reputation was already well established when he was entrusted with the interior decoration of the Hungarian pavilion at the Brussels World Fair in 1935. It was not the first time that this young painter-decorator had taken on such an exercise. He even seems to have made a specialty of it. From the beginning of the 1930s, the magazine of Hungarian Decorative Arts (MagyarIparmuveszet) reproduced in its pages paintings by Basilides, presented on various occasions: a Christmas party in Budapest, an agricultural exhibition, a jubilee of industrial arts, etc. Imbued with a very personal naivety and an immediately identifiable charm, Basilides' work could certainly contribute to the influence of Hungarian culture in such an... Read full biography
Barna Basilides' reputation was already well established when he was entrusted with the interior decoration of the Hungarian pavilion at the Brussels World Fair in 1935. It was not the first time that this young painter-decorator had taken on such an exercise. He even seems to have made a specialty of it. From the beginning of the 1930s, the magazine of Hungarian Decorative Arts (MagyarIparmuveszet) reproduced in its pages paintings by Basilides, presented on various occasions: a Christmas party in Budapest, an agricultural exhibition, a jubilee of industrial arts, etc. Imbued with a very personal naivety and an immediately identifiable charm, Basilides' work could certainly contribute to the influence of Hungarian culture in such an important event as a World Fair. By building this imposing pavilion in front of which a colossus with arms raised to the sky was enthroned,... Read full biography

