Lot 23246: LAJOS KOLOZSVARY (Hungarian 1871-1937) Village

LAJOS KOLOZSVARY (Hungarian 1871-1937) Village Taverna , circa 1900 Oil on canvas 22 x 27 inches (55.9 x 68.6 cm) Signed lower left: Kolozsvary L. Kolozsvary was born in Budapest, and trained at the Viennese Academy under the distinguished Austrian portraitist Christian Ludwig Griepenkerl and August Eisenmenger. From 1891 on he was based in Budapest where he enjoyed popularity for his humorous genre scenes, often featuring figures in an interior exemplified by the present work. The permanent collection of the Landesmuseum in Münster, Germany contains several of his works.