Koenig, Dezso

Bobbie Burgers is a contemporary Canadian painter. Her lush and Expressionistic depictions of flowers teeter on the verge of abstraction, bursting with bright color and laden with thickly applied, textural paint. “Flowers, to me, are the opposite of still,” the artist has explained. “Changing from minute to minute, they are perfect symbols for life, death, yearning, and beauty. My brushstrokes are layered with my own internal charges, depicting anger, frustration, softness, wanting, and more.” Born in 1973 in Vancouver, Canada, she studied Art History at the University of Victoria in British Columbia. Her work has been exhibited widely at home and abroad, notably including Art Market San Francisco and Equinox Gallery. Today, her works are in the collections of the Berost Corporation in Toronto and the Royal Bank of Canada, among others. Burgers lives and works in Vancouver, Canada.

Koenig, Dezso

Born: 1902 Budapest, Hungary
Died: 1972 Johannesburg
Resided in SA from 1931

A painter of figures, still life, city scenes and landscapes. Worked in oil and crayon.

Studies: 1914-17 Hungarian Royal Academy, where he won a scholarship for further studies

in Germany, France and Italy.

Profile: 1948 a founder member of the Brush and Chisel Club, also a member of the Transvaal Art Society. 1939-45 served in the SA Armed Forces. During this period he was involved with art therapy for convalescing soldiers in Egypt and Johannesburg. 1957 designed the set for

a production of “Madame Butterfly” in the City Hall, Johannesburg. 1955-56 lived in London, returning there in 1962.

Exhibitions: Participated in group exhibitions from 1918 in Europe, Egypt, the UK, the USA and SA; 1937 Durban Art Gallery, first of many solo exhibitions in SA; 1955 Imperial Institute, London, solo exhibition; 1972 Johannesburg, solo exhibition

Represented: Africana Museum, Johannesburg; Pretoria Art Museum; SA National Museum

of Military History, Johannesburg.

References: SAA; AMC3; BSAK1; Artlook August 1970, April 1972 & August 1978.