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Csaba Markus |
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Casaba Markus was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1953. Growing up in a city over 2000 years rich in history and abundant in artistic influences, Csaba became infatuated with the arts at a very young age. From the reconstructed baroque architecture to the carefully excavated castles and palaces, his childhood laid the foundation for the artist. As history was a part of his everyday life, Markus learned to appreciate the importance of the past, the lessons it had to teach and the beauty that it created.
Markus's most recent works capture the style, imagery and ideas of what he terms "Contemporary Classicism". It is not his intention to copy the Old Masters, but to build on them, thereby creating his own style. Just as the artists of the 14th and 15th centuries evolved Classicism into the Renaissance, so too is Casaba Markus's intention in redefining traditional and basic classical details with loose and spontaneous means of expression. His appreciation of the past and for his own culture have made him a firm believer in the value of tradition. He has searched for the correct fusion of style and content to best express the timeless beauty of classical themes in a way no contemporary artist has done before. Through his unconventional approach, he strives to share this appreciation for the lost classical culture with today's contemporary public.
