Mandala Western Painting

Mr. Istvan Gyebnar is a Hungarian civil servant and fine artist. With the encouragement of his mother, the painter and graphic artist, Gizella Fejes, he was introduced to fine arts as a student of the acclaimed Hungarian sculptor, Ms. Zsuzsa Lorant during his high-school years. As a member of the Fine Art Circle "Istvan Desi Huber", he studied drawing and took part in a number of exhibitions. His master is the fine artist Eva Bednay (Eve B'ay) whose work influenced him from his early childhood. He has also been influenced by the Hungarian artists Dezso Bednay and Andras Rac. In 1986 he graduated from the University of Economics, Faculty International Relations in Budapest. 1995 he received the title "Doctor of University" (PhD). After his graduation he entered the civil service. Over the years he lived in different European capitals: Berlin, Vienna, London, The Hague and Tbilisi. He visited many great museums and also had the opportunity to acquaint himself with Asian and South-American cultures. During his travels he became an enthusastic photographer. Photography serves to enrich his artistic expression. He exhibited his oil-paintings, oil-pastels and photographs in a number of European capitals (e.g. Goethe Institut, Rotterdam in 2009, in Budapest in 2011, 2012, 2013). Special expressive forms and bright colours are typical of his mostly abstract, yet mainly figurative works. His artworks convey messages, associations and sentiments strongly related to the age we live in.