BRONZE BY GUSTAVE MIKLOS ENTITLED LE BOLIDE

PRESENTED IN 1972 AT THE GALLERY L'ENSEIGNE DU CERCEAU.

This bronze Le Bolide illustrates the poster for the artist's exhibition.

Bronze edition of 4 copies numbered 2/4

Gustave Miklos, francization of Gusztáv Miklós, born June 30, 1888 in Budapest, Hungary, and died March 5, 1967 in Oyonnax, France, was a French sculptor, painter, precursor of design, illustrator and decorator of Hungarian origin.

In 1923, Léonce Rosenberg devoted a solo exhibition to him at the Galerie de L'Effort moderne: there he presented champlevé enamels with either abstract or Cubist motifs, as well as bas-reliefs in embossed metal and drawings, a total of 50 pieces. . Then, he made a brief trip to Hungary and, on his return, he exhibited two architectural towers in polychrome wood at the Salon D'Automne.

In 1928, a solo exhibition was dedicated to him, at the gallery of the magazine "Renaissance of French Art and Luxury Industries", at 11 rue Royale, in Paris; he exhibits 30 sculptures and two bas-reliefs in pink cement. Many pieces are bought by renowned collectors: J. Lanvin, the Rothschild family, J.-C. Mardrus, Mrs. Lapauze, Mrs. Tachard, J. André, etc.

In 1939, he was invited to the major retrospective exhibition "A Century of French Sculpture" at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, then at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels.

He was a founding member of the Union of Modern Artists (UAM), in 1930, alongside the brothers Jean and Joël Martel, and participated in the first exhibition of this group with six bronzes. He also participated in that of 1937, with his own stand and produced a monumental bas-relief for the exterior decoration of the UAM Pavilion at the Universal Exhibition of 1937.

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