Endre Nemes (1909-1985) was born in the Hungarian town Pécsvárad in 1909. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague. In 1927 he spent some time in Vienna, where he began to study philosophy.
In 1930 he moved back to Prague. At the beginning of the war, Nemes, who was of Jewish origin, immigrated to Helsinki from where he traveled through Finland and Norway.
In 1948 he settled in Sweden, where he became the director of the Valand School of Fine Arts in Gothenburg. Nemes’ paintings stand mainly in the expressionist tradition, whereas he is often regarded as an exponent of Surrealism. Source: Auctionata