Lajos Csordák
Illustration — Lajos Csordák Lajos Csordák (2 February 1864 in Kassa, – 28 June 1937 in Košice) was a Hungarian painter. Csordák started to study painting around 1880. In 1883, his whole family moved to Munich.
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Lajos Csordák
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- Lajos Csordák was born on 28 February 1864. · Košice.
- Died
- Lajos Csordák died on 28 June 1937. · Košice.
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- Hungary · Czechoslovakia
- Occupation
- painter · art educator · teacher · artist
- Fields
- painting
- Movements
- Impressionism
- Education
- Hungarian University of Fine Arts · Academy of Fine Arts and Prague
- Languages
- Slovak · Austrian German · Hungarian
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Illustration — Lajos Csordák Lajos Csordák (2 February 1864 in Kassa, – 28 June 1937 in Košice) was a Hungarian painter. Csordák started to study painting around 1880. In 1883, his whole family moved to Munich.
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From 1889 to 1895 he studied at Academy of Fine Arts, Prague, under the guidance of Czech landscape painter Julius Mařák, and became a member of the artistic group Mánes Union of Fine Arts. After 1908, he lived permanently in Košice. In painting he specialised on landscapes using dry materials pastels. He was influenced by impressionism in his works.
Lajos Csordák studied at Hungarian University of Fine Arts and Academy of Fine Arts, Prague. The recorded working language is Slovak, Austrian German and Hungarian. The field of work recorded is painting. Vojtech Klimkovič and Julius Mařák are recorded as an influence. Places of work recorded in the authority are Košice. Work by Lajos Csordák is recorded in the collections of Šariš Gallery, Tatra Gallery, Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava City Gallery and Miloš Alexander Bazovský Gallery.
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Lajos Csordák died at Košice.
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