"Vagabond Among Flowers" by Hugo Scheiber, tempera, mixed media on paper, excellent condition, handsomely framed, (27in. x 20 5/8in.) Hugo Scheiber (1873 – 1950) was born in Budapest, Hungary. As a child he moved with his family to Vienna. The family moved back to Budapest in 1890 where he joined the army from 1894 to 1898. From 1898 he studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Budapest, attending evening classes, while working during the day to support his family. Finishing his studies in 1900, a post-impressionistic plein air landscape period followed, however from the 1910′s he showed an early interest in Futurism and German Expressionism. He met Filippo Tomasso Marinetti in 1915 and they became personal friends. The latter invited him to join the Futurist movement. He developed a unique modernist style which was closer to German Expressionism than Futurism. He depicted the essence of cosmopolitan life using stylized, expressive colors and forms. In 1919 Hugo Scheiber exhibited in Vienna with Bela Kadar at the Hevesy Salon. As a follow up, he moved to Berlin where his work found strong sympathy with Herwath Walden, the founder of Der Sturm, Germany’s foremost avant-garde periodical and a Berlin gallery by the same name. From 1921, Scheiber’s paintings appeared regularly in the journal and exhibitions followed in New York, London, Rome. His friend Marinetti invited him to partake in „Mostra Nazionale d’Arte Futurista“, the momentous Futurist meeting held in Rome 15-30 April, 1933. After his expressionism of the 1920′s, he swayed towards art-deco in the 1930′s.