Judit REIGL
French Hungarian
Judit REIGL
French Hungarian
1923. May 1, Kapuvár, Hungary - 2020. August 7, Marcoussis, France
Biography
Early Life
Judit Reigl was born on May 1, 1923, in Kapuvár, Hungary. She studied painting at the Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts, Budapest where she was a student of István Szőnyi. She recieved a scholarship from the Hungarian Academy of Rome and traveled to Italy from 1941 to 1946. In October 1948, she returned to Hungary, which had been overtaken by a Soviet-style authoritarian regime. Determined to leave and after seven failed attempts, Reigl successfully crossed the Iron Curtain in March 1950 and a few months later arrived to Paris.
After Settling in Paris
Her earliest Parisian works, indebted to the oneiric imagery of Surrealism, include photo-collages as well as paintings of monstrous figures and of vividly colored phantasmagorical scenes, as in They Have an Insatiable Thirst for Infinity (Ils ont soif insatiable de l'infini, 1950). From 1952, Reigl started to experiment with gestural paint application that expanded on the Surrealist practice of automatic writing. By painting and
Exhibitions
2024
Women artists of Art Informel, group show, Neue Galerie, Kassel, Germany
2023
REIGL 100 - Judit Reigl and the Second School of Paris, Kunsthalle Budapest
The 'Four Apostles' in Rome 1947-48, Kalman Maklary Fine Arts
Folyékony Időszeletek, Művészetek Háza, Veszprém, Hungary
Judit Reigl, Female figure in man, Galerie Kamel Mennour, Paris
Judit Reigl, group show, Le corps de l'autre, Galerie Kamel Mennour, Paris
Action, Gesture, Paint - Women Artists and Global Abstraction 1940-70, Whitechapel Gallery, London
Judit Reigl, The Disappearing Figure: Art after Catastrophe, Tate Modern, London
Judit Reigl, Focus Collections, Les Abattoirs, Musée - Frac Occitanie Toulouse
Judit Reigl, New World Stage, MoMA, New York
Judit Reigl, À mains nues, MAC VAL, Vitry-sur-Seine
Judit Reigl, Surréalisme au féminin, Musée de Montmartre, Paris
Jean Degottex, Judit Reigl, Painting the Essential - Surrealism and the East, West Bund Museum, Shanghai
Judit Reigl, Centers of Dominance, Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin
Judit Reigl, Action, Geste, Peinture - Femmes dans l'abstraction, une histoire mondiale (1940-1970), Fondation Vincent van Gogh, Arles
Judit Reigl, group show, Le Salon de musique, Galerie Kamel Mennour, Paris
Frapper du pied – group show, Musée d’art contemporain du Val-de-marne MAC/Val, Vitry-sur-Seine, France
L’Univers sans l’homme, les arts en quête d’autre monde, group show, Musée d’art et d’archéologie de Valence, France
2022
Judit Reigl, Paris et nulle part ailleurs, Musée national de l'histoire de l'immigration, Paris
Judit Reigl, The Shape of Freedom. International Abstraction after 1945, Museum Barberini, Potsdam
Jean Degottex, Francois Morellet, Judit Reigl, Au coeur de l'abstraction, Collection de la Fondation Gandur pour L'Art, Fondation Maeght, Saint-Paul de Vence
Je suis la Régle, Galerie Kamel Mennour, Paris
Judit Reigl, Le Vertige de L'infini, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen
Judit Reigl, Folded - Unfolded. Abstract painting by Hungarian artists in the 1960-1970s, Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul
Judit Reigl, group show, Endless Summer, Galerie Kamel Mennour, Paris
Jean Degottex, Judit Reigl, Réouverture de l'Abbaye, Abbaye de Beaulieu-en-Rouergue
Focus On Collection, Les Abattoirs, Musée - Frac Occitanie Toulouse, France
Ways of Freedom Pollock.Rothko.Mitchell. - Albertina Modern, Vienna, Austria
La méditerraneé & Forma, Forma, Paris
Paris Et Nulle part Ailleurs 24 - Artistes Étrangers Á paris. 1945-1972 - Musée de l'histoire de l'immigration
Surrealism Beyond Borders, group show, Tate Modern, London
Soudain dans la foret profonde, Galerie Kamel Mennour, Paris
Collective Gestures: The Impact Of Experimental Performance At Oberlin In The 1970s, group show, Allen Memorial Art Musuem, Oberlin College, USA
Highlights: Surrealist And Modern Masters, group show, Oliver Malingue, London
2021
Judit Reigl - Premiére Abstraction, Galerie Dina Vierny, Paris
Judit Reigl - Le Vertige De L'infini, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen, France
Five Years, group show, Oliver Malingue, London
2020
In memoriam Judit Reigl, Kalman Maklary Fine Arts
Judit Reigl: le Déroulement d'une vie, Galerie Laurentin, Paris
Femmes années 50. Au fil de L'abstraction, peinture et sculpture, Musée Soulages á Rodez
Epic Abstraction: Pollock to Herrera, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Penser en formes et en couleurs, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon
La vraie vie est ailleurs! Femmes artistes autour de Marta Pan: Simone Boisecq, Charlotte Calmis, Juana Muller, Véra Pagava, Judit Reigl, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Brest
Nude, group show, Oliver Malingue, London
Blue - Color of Infinity, group show, Kalman Maklary Fine Arts
The 60's and 70's novelties of the historical collection, group show, Les Abattoirs, Musée - Frac Occitanie Toulouse, France
Scrivere Disegnando - When Language Seeks Its Other, group show, Centre d'Art Contemporain Genève
2019
Four Female Abstract Artists, Kalman Maklary Fine Arts
Back to the 50's, Judit Reigl and Simon Hantai, Kalman Maklary Fine Arts
Palimpsest, Ybl Budai Kreatív Ház, Budapest
Persona Grata, Musée national de l'histoire de l'immigration, Palais de la Porte Dorée
Hungarian Surrealism, group show, Ferenczy Museum, Szentendre, Hungary
Abstract or not, group show, Oliver Malingue, London
A first look at the Reinhard Ernst Collection, Museum Wiesbaden
2018
Black is a Color, Kalman Maklary Fine Arts
Epic Abstraction: Pollock to Herrera, At The Met Breuer, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Judith Reigl and Kurt Kocherscheidt, Shepherd W&K Galleries, New York
Panta Rhei, Judit Reigl and Sheila Hicks, Galerie nächst St. Stephan, Vienna
Judit Reigl, Corps–Écritures, l'Espace Art Absolument, Paris
Judit Reigl - Travailler au Corps, Musee d'art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
Judit Reigl’s Dance of Death, Shepherd W&K Galleries, New York
Judit Reigl: Weightlessness, Ubu Gallery, New York
Judit Reigl - Late Works, Prisme, Paris
Judit Reigl - Le corps est le plus parfait instrument et le plus tragique obstacle, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
Futuruins, group show, Palazzo Fortuny, Venice, Italy
Epic Abstraction, group show, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
A Gesture of Conviction: Women of Abstract Expressionism, Works from 50s and 60s, group show, Setareh Gallery, Berlin
Matter of Masters: 5 Years of TMH, group show, The Merchant House, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Persona Grata, group show, Musée de l'histoire de l'immigration, Paris
...avec elles, group show, Galerie de France, Paris
Panta Rhei, group show, Galerie nachst St.Stephan, Rosemarie Schwarzwalder, Vienna, Austria
Les Pionniéres - 11 femmes, 11 Artistes De Xxéme Siécle, group show, Galerie Pierre-Alain Challier, Paris
Abstract Art in the 1950's, group show, Espace musée, Paris
2017
Special loans from Judit Reigl, Les Abattoires, FRANC Midi Pyreénées, Toulouse, France
Sounds, group show, Samuel le Paire Fine Art, Paris
L'étre monde - Mémoires du corps, group show, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen, France
Look! New Acqusitions / Neuerwerbungen, Albertina, Vienna
Real Hungary, group show, Balassi Institute - Collegium Hungaricum Wien, Austria
Peindre Comme je Bouge (Paint Like I Move), group show, Les Abattoirs, Musée Frac Occitanie Toulouse
2016
Judit Reigl, Late Works, The Merchant House, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Judit Reigl Body of Music, Retrospective exhibition, Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, USA
Judit Reigl - 5 Exhibitions in Paris, France
Judit Reigl, Galerie Antoine Laurentin, Paris
Judit Reigl, Fragments de peintures, Galerie le Minotaure, Paris
Judit Reigl, Draps / Decodage, Galerie Anne de Villepoix, Paris
Paysages cosmomorphes, group show, Institut d'art contemporain Villeurbanne/Rhone-Alpes (IAC)
Choices paris 2016, group show, Palais de Tokyo, Paris
Wasted Time, group show, Művészet Malom, Szentendre
2015
Judit Reigl 1966-1970 & 1974-1984, Kalman Maklary Fine Arts, Budapest
Judit Reigl, Lepel / Kódfejtés, Kepes Institute, Eger, Hungary
Tout ne tient qu'á un fil, group show, Galerie de France, Paris
2014
Judit Reigl - Emptiness and Ecstasy, Retrospective exhibition, Ludwig Museum with collaboration of the Kalman Maklary Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary
Judit Reigl - Annus Mirabilis, Annus Horribilis. Works from May 1954 - June 1955, Ubu Gallery, New York
Judit Reigl - Unfolding, Paul Rodgers / 9W Gallery, New York
The Hungarian Paris, group show, Kalman Maklary Fine Arts, Budapest
En noir et en couleurs, group show, Musée de Brou, Bourg-en-Bresse, France
Abstract Reality - Avant-Garde Endeavours in 20th Century European Graphic Art, group show, KOGART, Budapest
Dada and Surrealism. Selected works from the collection of the Isreal Museum, Jerusalem
Europe 1900-1975: Selections form the Museum's Collection, group show, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, USA
Draw Me A Sheep, group show, Galerie Gabrielle Maubrie, Paris
Confrontation, group show, Galerie le Minotaure, Paris
2013
Abstract Expressionism 1954-60, Kalman Maklary Fine Arts, Budapest
Judit Reigl Entree-Sortie (1986-89), Wienerroither & Kohlbacher Gallery, Wien
Judit Reigl Drawing-Paintings, Laurentin Gallery, Brussels
Judit Reigl Entrance-Exit 1986-89, Shepherd W&K Galleries, New York
Judit Reigl Entrance-Exit 1986-89, Patrick Derom Galleries, New York
Witnessing Visions, group show, Ubu Gallery, New York
La qualité de l'ombre, group show, Ludwig Museum im Deutschherrenhaus, Koblenz, Germany
Salon de Dessin 2013, group show, Galerie de France, Paris
Ostinato. Dessin/musique: Interactions, group show, Maison de la Culture Namur, Belgium
Mystére et boule de gomme, group show, Maison des arts Georges & Claude Pompidou, Cajarc, France
Artistes hongrois... - group show, Galerie le Minotaure, Paris
2012
Judit Reigl in the Collection of the Musee national d'art moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris
Encres de Chine sur papier, Galerie de France, Paris
Judit Reigl-Simon Hantai, Kalman Maklary Fine Arts, Budapest
Art Paris, Grand Palais, Paris
Judit Reigl - Simon Hantai - Francois Fiedler, group show, Kalman Maklary Fine Arts, Budapest
TEFAF Maastricht - Kalman Maklary Fine Arts Showcase, Maastricht, Nederland
Brafa - Kalman Maklary Fine Arts Bruxelles, Belgium
Art of Another Kind: International Abstraction and the Guggenheim, 1949-1960, group show, Solomon R.Guggenheim Museum
Le méridien, group show, L'Or du Temps, Paris
2011
Judit Reigl: Recent works, Kalman Maklary Fine Arts, Budapest
Judit Reigl, New Works on Paper, Rooster Gallery, New York
Surrealism: The Poetry of Dreams, group show, Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA), Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Les tableaux d'une exposition, group show, galerie de France, Paris
2010
Kalman Maklary Fine Arts, Biennale des Antiquaires, Grand Palais, Paris
Judit Reigl: The Rhythm of Existence. Retrospective exhibition, MODEM Centre for Modern and Contemporary Arts, Debrecen
Judit Reigl: Retrospective exhibition, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Nantes
Judit Reigl, Unfolding, UBU Gallery, New York
Dessins en grande largeur, group show, Galerie de France, Paris
2009
Judit Reigl: Deroulements, Kalman Makláry Fine Arts, Budapest
Kálmán Makláry Fine Arts, Art Paris, Grand Palais, Paris
MESSIAHS, group show, MODEM Centre for Modern and Contemporary Arts, Debrecen, Hungary
elles@centrepompidou, artistes femmes dans lescollections de Centre Pompidou, Paris
2008
Judit Reigl: Homme, Kalman Makláry Fine Arts, Budapest
Kálmán Makláry Fine Arts, Art Paris, Grand Palais, Paris
Expérimentations photographiques en Europe des années 20 á nos jours, group show, Centre Pompidou, Paris
2007
Judit Reigl: Works, Kalman Makláry Fine Arts, Plug, Műcsarnok, Budapest
Judit Reigl, Déroulements, Galerie L’Or du Temps, Paris Judit Reigl, 2006
Judit Reigl, Tension 1956-2006, Galerie de France, Paris
Judit Reigl: Outburst, works from the 1950’s. Erdész & Makláry Fine Arts, Plug, Műcsarnok, Budapest
Gestes, signes, traces, espaces, group show, Musée des Beaux d'art moderne André Malraux (MuMa), le Havre, France
Judit Reigl - Simon Hantai, Kalman Makláry Fine Arts
La couleur toujours recommencée - Hommage á Jean Fournier, group show, Musée Fabre-Montpellier, France
2006
Peinture / Paintings - group show, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin
2005
Judit Reigl, Retrospective, Mucsarnok Kuntshalle, Budapest, Hungary
2004
Galerie La Navire, Brest
Declaration - 100 Artists for Peace, group show, National Museum of Contemporary Art Korea
2003
Salle Judit Reigl dans le parcours des collections du Musée National d’Art Moderne - Centre Pompidou, Paris
Judit Reigl, peintre, Fondation pour l’art contemporain, Caisse d’Epargne de Midi-Pyrénées, Toulouse, L’Arsenal, Musée de Soissons
2001
Judit Reigl, Donation au Musée de Brou, Musée de Brou, Bourg-en-Bresse
Galerie de France, Paris Espace des Blancs-Manteaux (ancienne Galerie Regards), Paris
De Artaud... á Twomby, group show, Centre Pompidou, Paris
2000
Passé compose / Future antérieur, group show, Musée d'Art Roger Quilliot - Clermont Ferrand, France
1999
Judit Reigl, Eléments d’un parcours, Abbaye de Beaulieu-en-Rouergue, Hors, Galerie de France, Paris
1994
Judit Reigl, Autour de la Donation Gorelli, Musée National d’Art Moderne – Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
1993
Manifeste, Une histoire paralléle (1960-1990), group show, Centre Pompidou, Paris
1992
'6 Bilder' - Reigl, Ting, Damisch, Zimmer, Kluge, Hitzler, Galerie van de Loo
Judit Reigl, Musée de Brou, Bourg-en-Bresse Galerie de France, Paris
1991
André Breton and the Surrealism, group show, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain
1989
Judit Reigl (Peintures 1986-1989), Centre d’arts contemporains, Orléans ; FRAC Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand
1985
Galerie de France, Paris Judit Reigl, Musée d’Evreux, Ancien Evêché, Evreux
Platschek, Reigl, Serpan, Sonderborg, Galerie van de Loo
1984
Galerie Jolliet, Montréal
1982
Galerie Jolliet, Montréal Judit Reigl, L’art de la fugue, Peintures 1980-1982, Galerie de France, Paris
1981
Galerie Jolliet, Québec
1980
Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris
1979
Galerie Jolliet, Québec
1978
Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris
Judit Reigl, Peintures choisies, 1958-1978, Musée de Peinture, Grenoble
1976
Galerie Rencontres, Paris Judit Reigl, Déroulements, 1973-1976 ; Guano, 1958-1965, ARC 2, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
1975
Galerie Rencontres, Paris
1974
Galerie Rencontres, Paris Judit Reigl, rétrospective, Maison de la Culture, Rennes
1973
Galerie Rencontres, Paris
1972
Galerie Rencontres, Paris Maison des jeunes et de la culture, Bures-sur-Yvette
1966
Judit Reigl, Ölbilder:Expérience de l'apesanteur, Galerie Van de Loo, Munich
1964
Guggenheim International Award 1964, group show, Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin
1962
Galerie Kléber (Jean Fournier), Paris
1961
Kunstverein, Freibourg im Breisgau, Allemagne
1960
Judit Reigl, Centres de Dominance, Galerie Van de Loo, Essen
1959
Galerie Kléber (Jean Fournier), Paris
1958
Judit Reigl, Galerie Van de Loo, Munich
A propos de baroque, group show, Galerie Jean Fournier, Paris
1957
L'exemplaire dans l'aventure picturale des ix derniers annees, group show, Galerie Jean Fournier, Paris
1956
Galerie Kléber (Jean Fournier), Paris
1954
Galerie de l’Etoile Scellée, Paris (exposition présentée par André Breton)
Public Collections
•Guggenheim Museum, New-York, USA
•Tate Modern, London, Great-Britain
• The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New-York, USA
•Museum of Modern Art, (MOMA), New-York, USA
•Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo, New York, USA
•Museum of Fine Arts, Huston, USA
•Musée national d'art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
•Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, France
•Musée de Grenoble, Grenoble, France
•Fonds national d'art contemporain (FNAC), France
•Musée de Brou, Bourg-en-Bresse, France
•Musée des Beaux-Arts, Caen, France
•Musée des Beaux-Arts, Dijon, France
•Musée d'Evreux, France
•Musée de Peinture et de Sculpture de Grenoble, France
•Musée Fabre, Montpellier, France
•Musée des Beaux-Arts, Nantes, France
•Musée de Soissons, France
•Musée Unterlinden, Colmar, France
•Musée d'art moderne et d'art contemporain, Strasbourg, France
•Musée d'Art contemporain du Val-de-Marne, MACVAL, Vitry-sur-Seine, France
•Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Québec, Canada
•Musée d'Art Contemporain de Montréal, Canada
•Musée de Rimouski, Québec, Canada
•Ludwig Museum - Museum of Contemporary Arts, Budapest, Hungary
•Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
•Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary
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