Csaba Markus

Csaba Markus
Csaba Markus, 2010
Birth name	Csaba Márkus
Born	January 26, 1953(1953-01-26) Budapest, Hungary
Nationality	American (United States)
Field	Painting, Publishing, Sculpture, Printing, Glass
Website	http://www.csabamarkus.com/

Triumph_of_Venus, Oil painting on Canvas

Artist	Csaba Markus
Year	2006
Type	Oil on canvas

Pure Love, Oil painting on Canvas

Artist	Csaba Markus
Year	2007
Type	Oil on canvas
Dimensions	44 cm × 54 cm (17¼ in × 21 in)

Csaba Markus is an artist, painter, sculptor and publisher. As an artist he primarily works in the field of printmaking, with a particular focus on serigraphy. His work also includes oil painting, drawing, photography and sculpture.

Life and work

Markus was born in 1953 in Budapest, Hungary.^[1] His mother is Szollos Erzsebet. His childhood in Hungary, where he frequented museums, is an influence on his work.^[1] He is also influenced by avant-garde art and abstraction.^[1] He became increasingly frustrated with teachers and the confines of communism in his native Hungary. Markus began his career as a sculptor. At the age of fourteen, he and his work were featured on international public television.

Eternia-bronze sculpture

He began to work with traditional printmaking, including etching, around 1979. He often uses two or three copper plates when creating his etchings, and up to 100 colors when printing his serigraphs. He mixes drypoint, aquatint and soft-ground etching techniques with graphite pencil. Csaba Markus is closely associated with the sfumato technique.

Lady of Spring - Etching

His oil painting begins with a grisaille in a gray or sepia, as a monochromatic version of the finished piece. When this is dry, the Markus begins to add layers of glaze in different colors, letting each layer dry before adding the next one. Since the layers are all somewhat transparent, the result is a combination of the colors, creating a final hue as if the painter has simply mixed the colors. His painting is painted using very thin and transparent layers of paint, around the eyes and mouth as many as 30 layers.

Publishing

Markus's publishing company Dreaming Muse was founded in 2004.^[2]

• Gems and Rhapsodies, 2004, ISBN 0-9746635-0-6
• Artist and Muses, 2007, ISBN 0-9746635-1-4
• Artist & Muses, Silk Edition, 2008, ISBN 0-9746635-2-2

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b c} Art Business News, March 2001.
2. ^ Art Business News, April 2004.

References

• "Art Trends" Art Magazine, January, 1997, On the Cutting Edge by Maryann Ondovcsik
• "U.S. Art " Art Magazine, September, 1998, Painting the Solution by Jennifer Mitchell
• "Art Trends" Art Magazine, March, 1999, New Dimensions in Contemporary Art by Marguerite Smolen
• "A Contemporary Classic-Csaba Markus""Art Business News" Art Magazine, March, 2001,
• "Art Business News" Art Magazine, March 1, 2002, Csaba Markus to premiere mythology-inspired series
• "Art Business News" Art Magazine, April 1, 2002, Galleria di Sorrento hosts Csaba Markus show
• "Art Business News" Art Magazine, February 1, 2001, Csaba Markus creates new serigraphs, plans art book release
• "Beautiful Struggle" Art Book, January 30, 2008, Aesthetic Olympian by Morris Shapiro
• "Beautiful Struggle" Art Book, January 30, 2008, The Art of Csaba Markus Essay by Richard D. North
• "Csaba Markus adds book publishing arm" Art Business News, April 1, 2004
• "Galleria di Sorrento hosts Csaba Markus show" Art Business News April 1, 2002
• "Markus will premiere a mythology-inspired limited-edition etching series" Art Business News, March 1, 2002

External links

• at Official Site of Csaba Markus
• at Bnet
• at Archer Exchange
• at HighBeam Encyclopedia
• at Christie's
• at encyclopedia.com
• at YouTube

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Name	Markus, Csaba
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Date of birth	January 26, 1953
Place of birth	Budapest, Hungary
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