Petheo, Bela, 1934-
Dates
- Existence: 1934 - 2017
Biography
Bela Petheo (1934-2017) was a painter and printmaker who taught art history and painting at St. John's University for more than thirty years, served as chair of the Art Department, led the first semester-long study abroad group from St. John's, and retired as professor emeritus in 1997. Petheo was born in Budapest, Hungary, on May 14, 1934. He studied painting with Pál Molnár-C. In 1956, he received his Master of Arts degree in art history from Eötvös Loránd University. Following the Soviet suppression of the Hungarian Uprising, he departed for Vienna in 1957, where he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts. In 1959, he immigrated to the United States and, in 1961, entered the University of Chicago. There he studied lithography under Max Kahn and continued his studies in art history under Joshua C. Taylor. Petheo was awarded a Master of Fine Arts degree in 1963. He came to Saint John’s in 1966 and spent the remainder of his professional career there as both a teacher and working artist. He died May 3, 2017.
Found in 30 Collections and/or Records:
Art Show Brochure, Bela Petheo, 1971
Art Show Brochure, Bela Petheo
Bela Petheo, no date
Bela Petheo, undated
Bela Petheo, in light blue shirt open at collar, stands in front of scaffold. A large sketch on paper hangs on the wall behind. Undated.
3 copies. 4 x 6 inch color photographic prints.
Bela Petheo: 50+ drawings, 1952-2008: a selection, 2008
Bela Petheo: 50+ drawings "was published by the Bloomington Center for the Arts to coincide with Mr. Petheo's retrospective exhibition: Themes and Variations: 1952-2008. This publication is independent from the show and it does not necessarily reproduce works exhibited there."
Introduction by Nathan Goldstein.
Bela Petheo: a retrospective, 1985-2000, 2001
Bela Petheo: a retrospective, 1985-2000 is an exhibition catalog.
Bela Petheo: a retrospective, 1985-2000, 2001
Bela Petheo: a retrospective, 1985-2000 is an exhibition catalog.
Inserted: postcard inscribed by Bela Petheo to Jane [Opitz] and a sticky note signed "B." with "a recent self-portrait."
Bela Petheo: A Retrospective: Works between 1985-2000, 2003
Bela Petheo Manuscript Collection Documentation, 2011-2017
Bela Petheo: painter of the center in an age of extremes, 1985
Bela Petheo, by J. Gray Sweeney, is a monograph on a painter who was an art professor at St. John's University.
Bela Petheo: painter of the center in an age of extremes, 1985
Bela Petheo, by J. Gray Sweeney, is a monograph on a painter who was an art professor at St. John's University.