Július Jakoby
Július Jakoby (born as Gyula Jakoby, Košice, Kingdom of Hungary, 28 March 1903 – Košice, Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, 15 April 1985) was a Slovak painter of Hungarian ancestry. Jakoby was a prominent figure of Slovakia's modernist art. His image is that of a loner, living on the fringe of society, struggling for survival at the start of his career.
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- Name
- Július Jakoby
- Birth Name
- Gyula Jakoby
- Born
- 28 March 1903
- Birthplace
- Kassa, Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary
- Died
- 15 April 1985
- Place of death
- Košice, Czechoslovakia
- Field
- Painting
- Training
- Hungarian University of Fine Arts
- Movement
- Symbolism
- Nationality
- Slovakia
- Occupation
- painter · graphic artist
- Languages
- Slovak
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Július Jakoby (born as Gyula Jakoby, Košice, Kingdom of Hungary, 28 March 1903 – Košice, Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, 15 April 1985) was a Slovak painter of Hungarian ancestry. Jakoby was a prominent figure of Slovakia's modernist art. His image is that of a loner, living on the fringe of society, struggling for survival at the start of his career.
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His work is deeply tied to the small town atmosphere of Košice and its people, whose macrocosm can be seen in most of his works. In formal terms his work reflects secessionist expressionism and symbolism of Konštantín Kövári-Kačmárik and the Hungarian symbolism of Károly Férenczy and József Rippl-Rónai. The works of Július Jakoby are exhibited in Slovak national gallery, National Gallery in Prague and Hungarian National Gallery and in many Slovak art museums and private collections. The biggest collection of his work is held in East Slovak Gallery in Košice. His achievements are commemorated by a statue in the centre of his hometown of Košice, where he spent most of his life. • Illustration — Jakoby Gyula statue in Košice
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• Name — Július Jakoby • Birth Name — Gyula Jakoby • Born — 28 March 1903 • Birthplace — Kassa, Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary • Died — 15 April 1985 • Place of death — Košice, Czechoslovakia • Field — Painting • Training — Hungarian University of Fine Arts • Movement — Symbolism • Works — * Woman Act (1932) • By the river (around 1950) • Architect's portrait (around 1962)
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1903
Július Jakoby was born in 1903 at Košice.
1985
Július Jakoby died in 1985 at Košice.
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- 1.Forum Institute (Databank of Hungarians in Slovakia). A (cseh)szlovákiai magyarok lexikona 1918-tól (Cyclopaedia of Hungarians of Czechoslovakia from 1918).
- 2.Jakoby Gyula. Kortárs Magyar Művészeti Lexikon (Encyclopedia of Contemporary Hungarian Arts), 2. kötet. Főszerk. Fitz Péter, Enciklopédia Kiadó, Budapest, 2000., 201–203.
- 3.Slovenská národná galéria. 111 Diel Zo Zbierok. 2008. 978-80-8085-601-4.
- 4.Július Jakoby profile. www.eantik.sk.
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