Lajos Gulácsy
Lajos Gulácsy (12 October 1882 – 21 February 1932) was a Hungarian painter with works collected by the Hungarian National Gallery. Heavily influenced by the Pre-Raphaelites, his rather dreamlike work is associated with Art Nouveau and Symbolism, but can also be considered a prelude to Surrealism. He was educated at the Hungarian Royal Drawing School in Budapest.
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Lajos Gulácsy
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- Name
- Gulácsy, Lajos
- Born
- 12 October 1882
- Birthplace
- Budapest
- Died
- 21 February 1932 (aged 49)
- Nationality
- Hungary
- Occupation
- painter · poet · scenographer · graphic artist · illustrator · costume designer
- Fields
- painting · Symbolism · Expressionism · book illustration
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Lajos Gulácsy (12 October 1882 – 21 February 1932) was a Hungarian painter with works collected by the Hungarian National Gallery. Heavily influenced by the Pre-Raphaelites, his rather dreamlike work is associated with Art Nouveau and Symbolism, but can also be considered a prelude to Surrealism. He was educated at the Hungarian Royal Drawing School in Budapest.
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He was traumatised by World War One and incarcerated in a psychiatric institution in Lipótmező from 1917 until his death. He went completely blind in 1924.
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• Name — Gulácsy, Lajos • Born — 12 October 1882 • Birthplace — Budapest • Died — 21 February 1932 (aged 49) • Place of death — Budapest
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- 1.Hungarian Art Nouveau (exhibition catalogue), 1979, Gyöngyi ÉRI, Hungarian National Gallery, The Art Institute of Chicago, published by MAGYAR HIRDETŐ, Budapest
- 2.https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lajos-Gulacsy
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