Maxim Bugzester
Maxim Bugzester was a Polish painter born in Stanislaviv, now Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine then in Poland, of Ruthenian-Jewish parents.
Bugzester grew up in Vienna, studied at the Academy in Vienna, and then at age fourteen studied with the German Expressionist Karl Schmidt-Rutloff. He moved to France and worked with Pierre Bonnard and later, for over two years, with Georges Braque. In 1935, he moved to the United States, and served in the United States Army during World War II. His work is generally known for its innovative brushwork, vibrant colours, and sometimes stark manner of representation; his art ranges from displaying existential topics and bold landscapes to more classical and everyday subjects. His work is often overlooked in its connection to its mid and early twentieth-century European origins; his relationship with Braque is subtle though clear in some of his work, but the legacy in much of his art most strongly reveals its roots in Fauvism and, in a larger context, Expressionism.
He painted, exhibited, exhibited Gallery d'Hautbar, New York City in 1969, and taught art in New York until his death on 21 October 21 1978.
