Object Details
- Gallery Label
- Alexander Bogardy, a native of Hungary, spent most of his life in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, DC. In the 1960s and 1970s Bogardy became a prolific artist, a period bracketed by a remarkably eclectic array of careers and interests spanning music and dance, prizefighting, mechanical engineering, and cosmetology. A devout Catholic, religion was a central element of Bogardy's life as well as his art. His sense of ritual permeated his personal life, and he was passionate about helping women look beautiful--both for themselves and for God. He made numerous highly detailed drawings, with handwritten explanatory text about hair design, skin care, and makeup application to flatter every facial shape.
- Data Source
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Artist
- Alexander Bogardy, born Hungary 1901-died Washington, DC 1992
- Date
- ca. 1960-1970
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Margaret Parsons
- Medium
- graphite and colored pencil on paper
- Dimensions
- sheet: 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm)
- Type
- Drawing
