Gabor Peterdi

Gabor Peterdi was a Hungarian-American painter and printmaker who immigrated to the United States in 1939. He enlisted in the US Army and fought in Europe during World War II. He lived and worked primarily in New York and Connecticut, teaching at the Brooklyn Museum, Hunter College and Yale University in addition to working at his art.

Works in Collection

11 works

Desert I

Gabor Peterdi

1961

Despair I

Gabor Peterdi

1938

Despair III

Gabor Peterdi

1938

Germination I

Gabor Peterdi

1951, signed 1952

Rhinoceros

Gabor Peterdi

1934, published 1936

Spawning

Gabor Peterdi

1952

Spawning III from Portfolio of Five Prints

Gabor Peterdi

1952

The Sign of the Lobster

Gabor Peterdi

1947

Triumph of Weed

Gabor Peterdi

1959

Triumph of the Beast

Gabor Peterdi

1947

Wild Boar

Gabor Peterdi

1934, signed 1935

Exhibitions

15 exhibitions

Jun 18, 1944 – Oct 08, 1944

Hayter and Studio 17: New Directions in Gravure

32 artists

May 10, 1949 – Jul 10, 1949

Master Prints from the Museum Collection

132 artists · 2 curators

Jul 03, 1951 – Sep 13, 1951

Some American Prints, 1949–50, from the Museum Collection

26 artists · 1 curator

Jun 23, 1953 – Oct 04, 1953

Summer Exhibition: New Acquisitions; Recent American Prints, 1947–1953; Katherine S. Dreier Bequest; Kuniyoshi and Spencer; Expressionism in Germany; Varieties of Realism

100 artists · 2 curators

Sep 08, 1954 – Nov 28, 1954

American Prints of the 20th Century

111 artists · 1 curator

Apr 25, 1956 – Aug 05, 1956

Recent Drawings U.S.A.

147 artists · 1 curator

Apr 23, 1958 – May 18, 1958

50 Selections from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bareiss

41 artists · 1 curator

Apr 02, 1959 – May 31, 1959

American Acquisitions: Recent Additions of Prints to the Museum Collection

36 artists · 1 curator

Jan 27, 1960 – Mar 20, 1960

Art Lending Service Retrospective

54 artists · 1 curator

May 27, 1964 – Mar 23, 1965

Prints by Seventeen Artists

17 artists · 1 curator

Sep 15, 1964 – Oct 24, 1964

Contemporary Painters and Sculptors as Printmakers

92 artists · 1 curator

Nov 03, 1971 – Nov 08, 1971

American Prints from the International Program

41 artists

Dec 03, 1974 – Mar 03, 1975

American Prints: 1913–1963

84 artists · 2 curators

Dec 18, 1985 – May 20, 1986

American Prints: 1900–1960; Recent Acquisitions: Illustrated Books

98 artists · 1 curator

Aug 06, 1987 – Dec 08, 1987

Surrealist Prints from the Collection of The Museum of Modern Art

29 artists · 1 curator