Paul Erdöș, Viata Noua, (Oas 1957), 1957, 34×44 cm Paul Erdos, Editura Meridiane, 1969 Paul Erdos catalog expozitie Decembrie 1981 Satu Mare, Decembrie 1981 Cluj Napoca, Bucuresti 1982 Paul Erdos, catalog expozitie retrospectiva, Muzeul de Arta al RSR, 1989
Paul Erdöș (1916 – 1987)
The engraving is part of the series “Viața Nouă în Oas ” / “New Life in Oas ” for which Paul Erdos received the State Prize of the Romanian People’s Republic in 1962.
Born on 2 November 1916 in Hurezul Mare, Satu Mare, Paul Erdos will continue his studies in Baia Mare (1930-1933), Budapest (1937), Paris (1938 ) and Italy (1938). Since 1930 he exhibited in: Moscow, Budapest , Riga , Lugano, Prague, Berlin, Cairo, among others.
„Another vigorous artist is Paul Erdöș whose drawings, combining a trend towards the decorative with elements of monumental, successfully evoke characteristic types of Transylvanian peasants – men rugged and unyielding as the forces of Nature” – The Fine Arts in the Rumanian People’s Republic, Meridians Publishing House, 1961