id:			125300
accession number:	1947.265
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1947.265
updated:		2024-03-26 01:58:05.377000

Self-Portrait, 1937. Sandor Vago (American, 1887–1946). Oil on canvas; framed: 102.8 x 92.7 x 6.4 cm (40 1/2 x 36 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.); unframed: 82 x 71.1 cm (32 5/16 x 28 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Presented to the Cleveland Museum of Art by Friends of the Artist 1947.265

title:				Self-Portrait
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creation date:			1937
creation date earliest:		1937
creation date latest:		1937
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creditline:			Presented to the Cleveland Museum of Art by Friends of the Artist
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culture:	America, Ohio, Cleveland
technique:	oil on canvas
department:	American Painting and Sculpture
collection:	American - Cleveland School
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Sandor Vago (American, 1887–1946)  - artist
An acclaimed portrait painter, Sandor Vago was born in Hungary and studied at art academies in Budapest and Munich. In the early 1910s he exhibited in Budapest, Vienna, and Venice. Little is known about his art of this period because most of it was destroyed during World War I. In 1921, he immigrated to Cleveland. Soon after his arrival, he joined the Cleveland Society of Artists, opened a studio, and launched a lucrative career as a portrait painter, receiving commissions from individuals as well as private and public institutions, including Western Reserve Academy and the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland. He exhibited in the annual May Shows at the Cleveland Museum of Art (1922-1947). His paintings were featured in solo exhibitions at Korner &amp; Wood Galleries (1925), Gunther's Gallery (1927) Gage Gallery (1929), Webb C. Ball Art Galleries (1932, 1934, 1939), and the Cleveland Society of Artists (1940). In 1927 he spent a year traveling in France, Italy, and Hungary, where he painted portraits and genre scenes. From 1929 to 1935 Vago taught at the Cleveland School of Art. Biography taken from: William H. Robinson and David Steinberg, <em>Transformations in Cleveland Art.</em> (CMA, 1996), p. 239.<br>Biographical information exists in the Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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measurements: Framed: 102.8 x 92.7 x 6.4 cm (40 1/2 x 36 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.); Unframed: 82 x 71.1 cm (32 5/16 x 28 in.)
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	inscription:	signed upper right:  Sandor Vago / 1937.
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The May Show: 19th Annual Exhibition of Works by Cleveland Artists and Craftsmen
	opening date:   1937-05-05T04:00:00
	<i>The May Show: 19th Annual Exhibition of Works by Cleveland Artists and Craftsmen</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 5-June 19, 1937).

	title:		May Show Retrospective - 50 Years
	opening date:   1968-04-23T05:00:00
	<i>May Show Retrospective - 50 Years</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (April 23-June 16, 1968).

	title:		The Cleveland Institute of Art: 100 Years
	opening date:   1982-12-22T05:00:00
	<i>The Cleveland Institute of Art: 100 Years</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 22, 1982-January 30, 1983).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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CITATIONS

	Sandor Vago Entry Card to 1937 May Show. Cleveland Museum of Art May Show Records, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAMS04549

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