Isidor Kaufmann

Isidor Kaufmann studied at Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. The recorded working language is German. The field of work recorded is painting and portrait painting. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are genre. Josef Matyáš Trenkwald is recorded as an influence. Places of work recorded in the authority are Budapest and Vienna. Work by Isidor Kaufmann is recorded in the collections of Tate, Israel Museum, National Gallery, Jewish Museum and Museum of Fine Arts Boston.

• Name — Isidor Kaufmann • Birth Name — Kaufman(n) Izidor • Born — 22 March 1853 • Birthplace — Arad, Kingdom of Hungary • Died — 1 January 1921 • Place of death — Vienna, Austria • Field — Painting • Movement — Genre painting • Training — Landes-Zeichenschule, Vienna Academy • Notable Works — * Der Besuch des Rabbi • Schachspieler • Der Zweifler

Born to Hungarian Jewish parents in Arad, Kingdom of Hungary (presently in Romania), Kaufmann was originally destined for a commercial career, and could fulfill his wish to become a painter only later in life. In 1875, he went to the Landes-Zeichenschule in Budapest, where he remained for one year. In 1876, he left for Vienna, but being refused admission to the Academy of Fine Arts there, he became a pupil of the portrait painter Joseph Matthäus Aigner. He then entered the Malerschule of the Vienna Academy, and later became a private pupil of Professor Trenkwald. His most noted paintings refer to the life of Jews in Poland. They include: Der Besuch des Rabbi (the original of which was owned by Emperor Franz Joseph I, in the Kunsthistorisches Museum), Schachspieler, Der Zweifler (for which he received the gold medal at the Weltausstellung of 1873). Kaufmann's other honors include: the Baron Königswarter Künstler-Preis, the gold medal of the Emperor of Germany, a gold medal of the International Exhibition at Munich, and a medal of the third class at the Exposition Universelle in Paris. One of his most prominent students was Lazar Krestin. He married a cantor's daughter in 1882. They had five children.

• Illustration — Kaufmann's Portrait of a Yeshiva Boy • Illustration — Portrait of a Rabbi • Illustration — Day of Atonement, before 1907 • Illustration — Portrait of a Sephardic Jew, c. 1900 • Illustration — Rabbi • Illustration — Lady at her desk

Isidor Kaufmann is recorded as painter.