Biography
Painter, engraver, graphic artist and ceramist. He studied for a short time at the School of Applied Arts, Nagybánya and Germany, and exhibited from 1905. The most significant part of his work consists of his etchings made with the "pointing" technique. He was almost the only Hungarian practitioner of the genre of colored plate etching. The most successful in this genre are his etchings of Pushkin's Anyegin. He also worked in painting, designing posters, book covers, jewelry and ceramics.
He published in 1926 Hungarian Parnassus, an album of etchings containing illustrations for the poems of modern Hungarian poets. He organized several collective exhibitions at Ernst Museum. He was a member of the Association of Hungarian Artists and Industrial Artists (KÉVE) and the László Paál Society. Most of his works are owned by MNG On August 19, 1929, he committed suicide in his home.
