Sameer Makarius
The Nomadic Vision of Sameer Makarius
The life of Sameer Makarius was a profound journey across borders, much like the layered and textured canvases he created. Born in Egypt in 1924, his early years were shaped by the shifting tides of mid-century Europe. Moving between Egypt, Germany, and Hungary during the turbulent decades of the 1930s and 1940s, Makarius developed a cosmopolitan perspective that would later define his artistic ide
ntity. It was in Budapest, amidst the shadows of World War II, that he truly found his voice as a painter. By 1944, he had emerged as a significant figure in the non-figurative movement, participating in the city's first exhibitions of abstract art and establishing himself as a founding member of the Hungarian Concrete Art Group. This period of intense experimentation within the European School instilled in him a lifelong commitment to…
