Ernő Grünbaum
Ernő Grünbaum | |
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![]() Self-portrait (1933/36) | |
Born | |
Died | 1944/45 Mauthausen |
Nationality | Romanian, Hungarian |
Known for | Painting |
Movement | Modernism |
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Ernő Grünbaum (29 March 1908, in Nagyvárad – between December 1944 and April 1945, in Mauthausen) was a Transylvanian-Hungarian painter, graphic artist, lithographer and illustrator. He worked in a variety of styles, including Art Nouveau, Expressionism and Cubism.
Biography[]
His father's death left the family in severe financial distress and he was unable to take art lessons, although he displayed considerable talent for drawing. Initially he worked as a tanner, then as a carpenter.[1] This was followed by an apprenticeship to a copper engraver. In 1927, he found employment with the Sonnenfeld publishing company, where he learned typography. While there, he met and befriended Alex Leon, an Expressionist graphic artist who introduced him to the trends in modern art.
His first exhibition was at the Journalists' Club in his home town. Shortly after, he participated in creating the "[1] together with his friend Leon, Imre Földes, and others. His first solo exhibition came in March 1936. Over the next few years, he advertised in Budapest as a draftsman and lithographer. In addition to his paintings, he designed the covers and title pages for several books.
". In 1933, he participated in a major exhibition of young artists at a hotel called the ,In May 1944, he and his colleague, [2] He was put to death there sometime between then and the camp's liberation by the United States Army a year later.[3] The exact number of works he created is unknown, but it is believed that the great majority of them were destroyed during the war.
were transported to Mauthausen Concentration Camp.In January 1992, a large retrospective of local Jewish painters was held at the Ernő Tibor and .
in Oradea (Nagyvárad). The exhibition was called "Light and Spirit" and included Grünbaum's works together with those of Leon,References[]
- ^ a b Biographical notes @ Galeria Savaria.
- ^ List of deportees @ JewishGen.
- ^ List of names at the Mühldorf Memorial.
Further reading[]
- Maria Zintz, Artiștii plastici din nordul Transilvaniei victime ale holocaustului. pgs. 167–188, Editura Arca House, 2007 ISBN 978-973-1881-00-3.
External links[]
Media related to Ernő Grünbaum at Wikimedia Commons
- "Jews in Oradea" @ Tikvah. Includes biographical notes on Elefánt and Barát with samples of their work.
- 20th-century Romanian painters
- 20th-century Hungarian painters
- Jewish painters
- Romanian Jews
- Hungarian Jews who died in the Holocaust
- 1908 births
- 1940s deaths
- Hungarian people who died in Mauthausen concentration camp
- Hungarian people executed in Nazi concentration camps
- Romanian people who died in Nazi concentration camps
- Romanian Jews who died in the Holocaust
- Romanian people executed by Nazi Germany