romani-culture:“Charles Roka (Roka Karoly,
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romani-culture:
“Charles Roka (Roka Karoly, 1912–1999) was a Hungarian painter living in Norway whose name became synonymous with an excess of artistic kitsch.Roka was born in Hungary in 1912. After he finished his studies on the Academy of Fine Arts in Budapest he went on a European journey. In 1937 he finally settled in Norway, and lived in Baerum, outside Oslo until his death. In 1950 he painted his first picture of the half-naked Gipsy Girl whom he had seen in Marseille a few years earlier. It is Roka’s numerous variations of this Gypsy Girl which made his financial success as a painter. His other favourite subjects were Hungarian folklore, especially Gipsy people dancing csardas and portraits.”
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romani-culture:
“Charles Roka (Roka Karoly, 1912–1999) was a Hungarian painter living in Norway whose name became synonymous with an excess of artistic kitsch.Roka was born in Hungary in 1912. After he finished his studies on the Academy of Fine Arts in Budapest he went on a European journey. In 1937 he finally settled in Norway, and lived in Baerum, outside Oslo until his death. In 1950 he painted his first picture of the half-naked Gipsy Girl whom he had seen in Marseille a few years earlier. It is Roka’s numerous variations of this Gypsy Girl which made his financial success as a painter. His other favourite subjects were Hungarian folklore, especially Gipsy people dancing csardas and portraits.”
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