ÁGOSTON SIMÓ CHAMOTTE BIRD FIGURINE (HUNGARIAN)

An exceedingly rare and beautiful ceramic sculpture of a bird with wings and tail spread open by the accomplished Hungarian ceramics artist Ágoston Simó (aka Simó Ágoston). Created out of a wonderfully grainy chamotte clay and delicately detailed in shades of white, grey, goldenrod, and teal, the figure stands tall at 11.75" x 9" x 10", and is truly an impressive work of art.ÁGOSTON SIMÓ (1925-2011) studied at the Hungarian College of Applied Arts from 1943-1949 under ceramics masters: Miklós Borsos, István Gádor, Elek Molnár and Béla Ohmann. From 1950 he worked as a designer for the Granite, Stoneware and Porcelain Factory, and between 1952-54 as a designer for the Ceramic Applied Arts Cooperative. He became a freelance artist in 1954.Over the years Ágoston Simó competed in and won numerous applied arts competitions, and his work has been featured in a number of prestigious group exhibitions as well as two solo exhibitions in the early 1970s. He also participated in the Siklós Ceramic