This blog refers to the starting chapter of the book:
Studies on the life and work of
ARTHUR LAKATOS
PROFESSOR, PAINTER and ARTIST
(1880-1968)
ARTHUR LAKATOS
PROFESSOR, PAINTER and ARTIST
(1880-1968)
written by Dr. Balazs Mehes
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Cover: The ruined Chain Bridge, oil, canvas, 1946 (detail)
Inner cover: Canal in Bruges, tempera, paper, 1906 (detail)
ISBN: 978-963-06-7125-5
Private edition of Dr. G. Mehes (born Martha Lakatos)
Prime Rate press, printed in 300 copies, 2009
Contents
Preface
1. Arthur Lakatos on the web
1. 1. Arthur Lakatos in the wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia- page 3
1. 2. Arthur Lakatos’ works on the World Wide Web- page 16
1. 3. Selected web album covers – page 18
1. 4. Albums of Arthur Lakatos, contents – page 20
1. 4. 1. Life albums – page 21
1. 4. 2. Painting albums – page 23
1. 4. 3. Applied arts albums – page 43
2. A brief biography of Arthur Lakatos – page 67
3. Youth (co-author: Maria Lakatos) – page 75
4. Exhibitions of Arthur Lakatos – page 91
5. Illustrated catalogue of Graphics by Arthur Lakatos– page 133
6. The Battlay Illustrations – page 165
7. Decorative Motifs – page 175
8. Furniture and Interiors by Arthur Lakatos – page 189
9. Textile Design Oeuvre of Arthur Lakatos – page 205
10. Glass Plate Photography - Juvenile Art of A. Lakatos – page 213
Preface
1. 1. Arthur Lakatos in the wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
1. 2. Arthur Lakatos’ works on the World Wide Web
1. 3. Selected web album covers – page 18
1. 4. Albums of Arthur Lakatos, contents – page 20
1. 4. 1. Life albums – page 21
1. 4. 2. Painting albums – page 23
1. 4. 3. Applied arts albums – page 43
2. A brief biography of Arthur Lakatos – page 67
3. Youth (co-author: Maria Lakatos) – page 75
4. Exhibitions of Arthur Lakatos – page 91
5. Illustrated catalogue of Graphics by Arthur Lakatos– page 133
6. The Battlay Illustrations – page 165
7. Decorative Motifs – page 175
8. Furniture and Interiors by Arthur Lakatos – page 189
9. Textile Design Oeuvre of Arthur Lakatos – page 205
10. Glass Plate Photography - Juvenile Art of A. Lakatos – page 213
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Preface
The aim of this selection is to present the results of the first five years of research focusing on the universal art of professor, painter and artist Arthur Lakatos.
The first booklet (Exhibitions of Arthur Lakatos) was born in 2003. Its main source was an album called Selected Press Passages preserved within the legacy, collected from contemporary press collected by the artist himself during his long life. The latest chapters are the Wikipedia-article and its attached illustration albums published on the web.
In the mean time my cousin Maria Lakatos joined this family venture. We wrote the chapter „The Youth of Arthur Lakatos” together. We have the intention of jointly continuing the presentation of our grandfather’s wealthy oeuvre.
For the time being, this study is rather fragmentary. However, as an interim overview, it gives the authors an opportunity for meaningful edits – eliminating duplications and improving references between subjects. The universal art of Arthur Lakatos is enormously ramifying. While arranging materials we discover more and more new connections. We plan to investigate further sources as well. For now some of the genre lists waiting to be completed are laconic enumerations only. Our work in its present state aims to resemble the free encyclopedia of the worldwide web. The loose framework of Wikipedia articles may continuously be enlarged. Presentation of this work-in-progress helps to identify missing parts. The legacy appears to be richest in the areas of painting and textile motifs. These chapters are still waiting to be written.
Thanks to art historian Judith Wendl for having helped complete the bibliography and the furniture chapter. Thanks to architect Istvan Váli for his support of edition.
Biography
His career’s start and deployment at century’s beginning and during the First World War
Arthur Lakatos absolved most of his schools in Budapest (Iparrajziskola – Industrial Drawing School, Mintarajziskola - Pattern Drawing School) and at the Academy of Fine Arts, where he earned a degree as an art teacher in 1905. Later he studied with Bertalan Székely, attented the school of Simon Hollósy in Nagybánya, and went to study in Munich and Paris .
His first book illustrations were published in the book of poems by his friend Geyza Battlay ("Songs to a dumb girl", 1900). Many headers and closing decorations created by him were published in the periodical MŰVÉSZET (ART) at the beginning of the century.
On behalf of the textile manufacturer Leo Goldberger he made a study trip to Mulhouse and Paris in order to learn the trade of artistic fabric production techniques in large scale (1905).
In 1905, he won the first prize of 300 crown value in the knotted carpet competition of the National Society of Applied Arts. Next year, he was elected as a regular member (societaire) of the Great Autumn Salon in Paris. His woven wall tapestry elaborating the subject of Fairy Helena was distinguished with the gold medal at the Milan International Exhibition (1906).
He started his long teaching career lasting 35 years by organizing the weaving atelier in the Metropolitan Industrial Drawing School of Budapest in 1906.
During a four-year transition period (1908-1912) he worked as a professor for drawing at the workshops for applied arts at the State Correctional Institute in Kassa (today: Kosice, Slovakia). While performing educational and teaching tasks, he had the opportunity to experiment and realize projects according to his own plans in the carpenter, textile and leather workshops of the School. His furniture design activity also developed in Kassa.
The first booklet (Exhibitions of Arthur Lakatos) was born in 2003. Its main source was an album called Selected Press Passages preserved within the legacy, collected from contemporary press collected by the artist himself during his long life. The latest chapters are the Wikipedia-article and its attached illustration albums published on the web.
In the mean time my cousin Maria Lakatos joined this family venture. We wrote the chapter „The Youth of Arthur Lakatos” together. We have the intention of jointly continuing the presentation of our grandfather’s wealthy oeuvre.
For the time being, this study is rather fragmentary. However, as an interim overview, it gives the authors an opportunity for meaningful edits – eliminating duplications and improving references between subjects. The universal art of Arthur Lakatos is enormously ramifying. While arranging materials we discover more and more new connections. We plan to investigate further sources as well. For now some of the genre lists waiting to be completed are laconic enumerations only. Our work in its present state aims to resemble the free encyclopedia of the worldwide web. The loose framework of Wikipedia articles may continuously be enlarged. Presentation of this work-in-progress helps to identify missing parts. The legacy appears to be richest in the areas of painting and textile motifs. These chapters are still waiting to be written.
Thanks to art historian Judith Wendl for having helped complete the bibliography and the furniture chapter. Thanks to architect Istvan Váli for his support of edition.
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Biography
His career’s start and deployment at century’s beginning and during the First World War
Arthur Lakatos absolved most of his schools in Budapest (Iparrajziskola – Industrial Drawing School, Mintarajziskola - Pattern Drawing School) and at the Academy of Fine Arts, where he earned a degree as an art teacher in 1905. Later he studied with Bertalan Székely, attented the school of Simon Hollósy in Nagybánya, and went to study in Munich and Paris .
His first book illustrations were published in the book of poems by his friend Geyza Battlay ("Songs to a dumb girl", 1900). Many headers and closing decorations created by him were published in the periodical MŰVÉSZET (ART) at the beginning of the century.
On behalf of the textile manufacturer Leo Goldberger he made a study trip to Mulhouse and Paris in order to learn the trade of artistic fabric production techniques in large scale (1905).
In 1905, he won the first prize of 300 crown value in the knotted carpet competition of the National Society of Applied Arts. Next year, he was elected as a regular member (societaire) of the Great Autumn Salon in Paris. His woven wall tapestry elaborating the subject of Fairy Helena was distinguished with the gold medal at the Milan International Exhibition (1906).
He started his long teaching career lasting 35 years by organizing the weaving atelier in the Metropolitan Industrial Drawing School of Budapest in 1906.
During a four-year transition period (1908-1912) he worked as a professor for drawing at the workshops for applied arts at the State Correctional Institute in Kassa (today: Kosice, Slovakia). While performing educational and teaching tasks, he had the opportunity to experiment and realize projects according to his own plans in the carpenter, textile and leather workshops of the School. His furniture design activity also developed in Kassa.
His first individual exhibition took place in Budapest, in the Kalman Konyves Salon, in 1910 . Here he introduced himself mainly as an artist of applied arts also showing a preference for painting. In 1912, moving back from Kassa to Budapest, he continued his earlier employment as a leading professor at the Textile Department of the Metropolitan Industrial Drawing School.
The First World War interrupted the successful start of his career as an artist. He was forced to spend four years in captivity as a POW. Stations of his afflictions were: Nis in Serbia, Portoferraio (Elba Island), Asinara Islands, Nocera Umbra Bagni in Italy - from December of 1914 until March of 1918. He returned with seventy pictures painted in captivity ac his relatively humane guardians allowed him to paint.
He organized his second one-man show in the National Salon of Budapest, in June of 1918 . The soldier-painter with fresh impressions caused a great sensation.
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The art of Arthur Lakatos between world wars
In Budapest, he took the lead of the Textile Department at the Industrial Drawing School again. As a qualified portrait and landscape painter member of the László Paál Company , he participated in many collective exhibitions in the period between the two wars. As a member of the Foreign Exhibition Committee of the Hungarian Ministry for Culture and Education, he directed a great number of exhibitions.
He designed many pavilions himself. In 1923, he won a painting award at the László Paál Company Self Presenting Exhibition held in the National Salon. In the same year, at the Monza International Exhibition of Arts and Crafts in Italy, his knotted carpets were awarded the gold medal. In 1924, he presented porcelain objects at the Exhibition of the National Society of Applied Arts held in the Vigadó-building in Budapest. He prepared original ceramic designs for the Zsolnay factory in Pécs and the Fischer Factory in Pest.
Between 1926 and 1934, he lived in the legendary Artists’ Colony in Százados Street in Budapest. His wide ranging design activities included almost every branch of applied arts. He created individual drawings , book and newspaper illustrations , occasional graphics , Ex Libris-designs , furniture and interior designs , various paintings , textile designs, carpets, gobelins, book covers , ceramics and porcelain objects , wallpaper designs , stained-glass windows . Possessing a brilliant sense of color and composition, he creatively united the Art Nouveau with Hungarian folkloric motifs.
In 1931, at the National Spring Salon exhibition his paintings were awarded the silver medal (The suburb of Pécs, Ramsau). His third individual exhibition opened in the Fészek Club, Budapest (1931). He regularly published articles on applied arts as well. In 1933, he wrote about the International Fair in the periodical Magyar Iparművészet (Hungarian Applied Arts).
In December of 1935, at the Jubilee Exhibition of the National Company of Applied Arts he presented Hungarian styled bedrooms, furniture textiles, carpets and other hand craft items. For his active role played in various exhibitions he was awarded association gold medals on several occasions. In 1936, he presented designs for the Herend Porcelain Factory (wave-contoured ash trays and some wall plates commemorating the 250th anniversary of the reoccupation of the Buda Castle). He won the gold medal at next year’s International Art Craft Exhibition of Paris. In 1941, after having served thirty-five years in teaching, he retired.
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Creative periods after the siege of Budapest (1945-1956) and the last decade (1957-1968)
After the siege of the capital, he actively worked in different fields of art, painting a great number of landscapes, still-lifes , portraits and designing richly colored carpets as well.
He was also busy with teaching drawing to elder maturates. He held lectures on carpet weaving. Once a week he sent a painting to the State Jury of the Art Fund. Even in the last two decades of his life his works often appeared in exhibitions. (1945 - Religious Art Exhibition, Gallery Szalmássy, 1948 - Socialist Artists’ Exhibition, 1957 – Portrait Painters in the Ernst Museum, National Art Gallery, 1960 - The Art of Liberated Budapest, Hungarian National Gallery, 1962 - Artists of Nagybánya, National Art Gallery, 1965 – Jubilee Exhibition of the Artists’ Colony in Százados Street, National Art Gallery).
In 1955, he was awarded the gold Labour Order of Merit by the Presidential Council. We were able to witness his last jubilee exhibition in September 1960, in the Adolf Fényes Hall of Budapest [26]. He died in 1968, at the age of 88. Arthur Lakatos, the versatile artist painted tirelessly until his very last days.
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Oeuvre
Painting periods
Deployment (1900 to 1914, Nagybánya, Brugge, Paris, Kassa)
Captivity (1914 to 1918, Nis, Portoferraio, Nocera)
Between two world wars (1918 - 1939)
Hungary (Lake Balaton, Komló, Mohács, Pécs, Budapest)
Abroad (Austria, Italy, France)
After the siege (1945 - 1956)
Budapest (Danube bridges, Buda Castle, Gellért Hill)
Land (Kecskemét, Nagymaros, Szentendre, Pécs, Sárospatak, Zsennye)
Last decade (1957 - 1968)
Budapest (Mont Gellert and its vicinity)
Land (Kecskemét, Nagymaros, Szentendre, Pécs, Sárospatak)
Graphics: I - Drawings
Individual drawings (portraits, figures, landscapes, cities) – page 145
Nudes – page 158
Decorative motifs – page 136
Book and newspaper illustrations – page 138
Bookmarks (Ex-Libris graphics) – page 144
Studies, plans – page 160
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| Származási hely: Lakatos Artur illusztracioi |
Graphics: II - Occasional graphics
Label – page 151
Wrapping paper – page 152
Plaque – page 154
Book cover – page 47
Invitation card – page 156
Charter, diploma, document design
Poster, advertisement – page 156
Flag – page 157
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| Származási hely: Lakatos Artur grafikai |
Applied arts
Furniture – page 193
Interiors (see list on page 192)
Gobelins – page 45
Ceramics, porcelain – page 46
Book art – page 47
Kiosks – page 48
Copper studs – page 216
Carpets – page 50
Furniture – page 193
Interiors (see list on page 192)
Gobelins – page 45
Ceramics, porcelain – page 46
Book art – page 47
Kiosks – page 48
Copper studs – page 216
Carpets – page 50
abstract patterns – page 52
animal motifs – page 54
figures – page 55
braiding – page 56
claspers – page 58
circular patterns – page 59
quadratic patterns – page 60
rhombi – page 61
flowers – page 62
Wallpaper designs – page 64
Glass art – page 66
Selected Publications by A. Lakatos
Art in Weaving Industry, in: Hungarian Applied Arts, 1906. No. 6 p. 262-264
Knowledge of Applied Arts, About Gobelin Art, in: Hungarian Applied Arts, 1913. VII. p. 24-26
About this year’s international fair, in: Hungarian Applied Arts, 1932. p. 81-83
This year’s international fair, in: Space and Form, 1932. July V. Vol. 7.
This year’s international exhibition, in: Space and Form. 1933. p. 81-83
How to arrange our flat? In: Fine Arts, 1933. p. 67-69
The Budapest International Fair 1933, in: Fine Arts, 1933. p. 158-159
The correct application of textiles in the modern house: Hungarian designer. 1934. XXXVII. Vol. 7-8. 136-138
About development possibilities of Hungarian Art of Living, in: Art (Ed.: Béla Kende), 1936, 5. p. 19-20
Textiles and embroidery of Baranya, in: Geranium. Hungarian embroidery. 1937. 127
The XXXIInd Budapest International Fair, in: Art, 1937. p. 93
Paris World Exhibition, in: Art, 1937. p. 165-168
The XXXIVth Budapest International Fair, in: Art, 1937. 8-9 p. 96-97
The first Hungarian national handicrafts exhibition, in: Art, 1938. p. 158-159
Fair at war time - the XXXVIIth International Fair in Budapest, in: Art, 1942. Vol. VII. No. 48. p. 90-92
Bibliography
Selected Lexicons
Dictionary of Art. II. Ed.: Laszlo Eber. Budapest, 1935. p. 6
Almanac (Lexicon of Fine Arts) The Almanac of the National Salon. Ed.: Bela Dery, Laszlo Banyasz, Erno Margitay. Bp 1912th 136, p. 185, reproduction on table L
Selected Studies in journals
Perneszi, S. Kalman: Lakatos, Arthur, the Artist in: Art Saloon, 1927. 12. p. 10
Kallay, Miklos: Painter and artist Arthur Lakatos, in: Hungarian Applied Arts, 1931. p. 89-90
Mihalik, Sándor: New carpets of Arthur Lakatos, in: Hungarian Applied Arts, 1936. p. 30-31
e. i.: Another Hungarian carpets - made by Lakatos, Arthur, in: Art, 1937. p. 144
Unknown author: Exhibition of Arthur Lakatos, in: Art, 1960. p. 33
Váli, Eva: The versatile artist Arthur Lakatos, in: Cables, 1966. March 3, p. 4
Unknown author: In Memoriam Arthur Lakatos In: Art, 1968. p. 9
Selected Exhibition Reviews
KJ.: Lakatos Arthur. Collective exhibition in the Kalman Konyves Saloon. In: Cel (Purpose) 1910. 3. 203-204.
Bárdos, Arthur: Furniture, carpets, paintings of Lakatos’ exhibition, in: Nyugat, 1910. Dec. 16, p. 1918-1919
Margitay: Arthur Lakatos’ Exhibition, in: Hungarian Applied Arts. 1911. p. 21-22
Unknown author: Arthur Lakatos, In: A Het (The Week). 1918. June 16, p. 378
About his Textiles designs (selection)
Aus textiler Kunst, in: Textile Kunst und Industrie, 1913. Heft 8. Ed. Hugo Wilisch, Chemnitz, p. 315-33
Levetus, A. S.: Die Budapester Wekstätte für textile Kunst, in: Textile Kunst und Industrie, 1914. Heft 1. p. 32-39
Levetus, A. S.: Die textile Fachschule der königlichen Korrektionsanstalt in Kassa, in: Textile Kunst und Industrie, 1914. Heft 4. p. 143-149
Dr. Walter Bombe: Arthur Lakatos, In: Textile Kunst und Industrie, 1914. Heft 1. 141-142
Sources
Contemporary Dictionary of Hungarian Art,Vol. 2. Budapest, Ed. Encyclopedia, 2000. p. 576
Arthur Lakatos’ 1905 study trip in France, in: the Hungarian Applied Arts, 2004, distributed by Judith Pálosi.
B. Mehes: Dowry for lifetime - Arthur Lakatos’ Furniture Designs, in: The Saloon, IX. Vol. Bp 2005 / 5 p. 54-58
B. Mehes: The Goldberger Scholarship, A. Lakatos’ Textile Designs, in: The Saloon, Bp.Vol. X. 2006/3 p. 50-54
Retrieved from
http://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakatos_Art% C3% Bar
Categories: Hungarian painters Hungarian artists
Translated by B. Mehes (corrected by E. Simon-Berci)
animal motifs – page 54
figures – page 55
braiding – page 56
claspers – page 58
circular patterns – page 59
quadratic patterns – page 60
rhombi – page 61
flowers – page 62
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| Származási hely: Lakatos Artur uvegmuveszete |
Wallpaper designs – page 64
Glass art – page 66
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| Származási hely: Lakatos Artur szonyegei |
Selected Publications by A. Lakatos
Art in Weaving Industry, in: Hungarian Applied Arts, 1906. No. 6 p. 262-264
Knowledge of Applied Arts, About Gobelin Art, in: Hungarian Applied Arts, 1913. VII. p. 24-26
About this year’s international fair, in: Hungarian Applied Arts, 1932. p. 81-83
This year’s international fair, in: Space and Form, 1932. July V. Vol. 7.
This year’s international exhibition, in: Space and Form. 1933. p. 81-83
How to arrange our flat? In: Fine Arts, 1933. p. 67-69
The Budapest International Fair 1933, in: Fine Arts, 1933. p. 158-159
The correct application of textiles in the modern house: Hungarian designer. 1934. XXXVII. Vol. 7-8. 136-138
About development possibilities of Hungarian Art of Living, in: Art (Ed.: Béla Kende), 1936, 5. p. 19-20
Textiles and embroidery of Baranya, in: Geranium. Hungarian embroidery. 1937. 127
The XXXIInd Budapest International Fair, in: Art, 1937. p. 93
Paris World Exhibition, in: Art, 1937. p. 165-168
The XXXIVth Budapest International Fair, in: Art, 1937. 8-9 p. 96-97
The first Hungarian national handicrafts exhibition, in: Art, 1938. p. 158-159
Fair at war time - the XXXVIIth International Fair in Budapest, in: Art, 1942. Vol. VII. No. 48. p. 90-92
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| Származási hely: Lakatos Artur Bardos-illusztracioi |
Bibliography
Selected Lexicons
Dictionary of Art. II. Ed.: Laszlo Eber. Budapest, 1935. p. 6
Almanac (Lexicon of Fine Arts) The Almanac of the National Salon. Ed.: Bela Dery, Laszlo Banyasz, Erno Margitay. Bp 1912th 136, p. 185, reproduction on table L
Selected Studies in journals
Perneszi, S. Kalman: Lakatos, Arthur, the Artist in: Art Saloon, 1927. 12. p. 10
Kallay, Miklos: Painter and artist Arthur Lakatos, in: Hungarian Applied Arts, 1931. p. 89-90
Mihalik, Sándor: New carpets of Arthur Lakatos, in: Hungarian Applied Arts, 1936. p. 30-31
e. i.: Another Hungarian carpets - made by Lakatos, Arthur, in: Art, 1937. p. 144
Unknown author: Exhibition of Arthur Lakatos, in: Art, 1960. p. 33
Váli, Eva: The versatile artist Arthur Lakatos, in: Cables, 1966. March 3, p. 4
Unknown author: In Memoriam Arthur Lakatos In: Art, 1968. p. 9
Selected Exhibition Reviews
KJ.: Lakatos Arthur. Collective exhibition in the Kalman Konyves Saloon. In: Cel (Purpose) 1910. 3. 203-204.
Bárdos, Arthur: Furniture, carpets, paintings of Lakatos’ exhibition, in: Nyugat, 1910. Dec. 16, p. 1918-1919
Margitay: Arthur Lakatos’ Exhibition, in: Hungarian Applied Arts. 1911. p. 21-22
Unknown author: Arthur Lakatos, In: A Het (The Week). 1918. June 16, p. 378
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| Származási hely: Lakatos Artur Bardos-illusztracioi |
About his Textiles designs (selection)
Aus textiler Kunst, in: Textile Kunst und Industrie, 1913. Heft 8. Ed. Hugo Wilisch, Chemnitz, p. 315-33
Levetus, A. S.: Die Budapester Wekstätte für textile Kunst, in: Textile Kunst und Industrie, 1914. Heft 1. p. 32-39
Levetus, A. S.: Die textile Fachschule der königlichen Korrektionsanstalt in Kassa, in: Textile Kunst und Industrie, 1914. Heft 4. p. 143-149
Dr. Walter Bombe: Arthur Lakatos, In: Textile Kunst und Industrie, 1914. Heft 1. 141-142
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Sources
Contemporary Dictionary of Hungarian Art,Vol. 2. Budapest, Ed. Encyclopedia, 2000. p. 576
Arthur Lakatos’ 1905 study trip in France, in: the Hungarian Applied Arts, 2004, distributed by Judith Pálosi.
B. Mehes: Dowry for lifetime - Arthur Lakatos’ Furniture Designs, in: The Saloon, IX. Vol. Bp 2005 / 5 p. 54-58
B. Mehes: The Goldberger Scholarship, A. Lakatos’ Textile Designs, in: The Saloon, Bp.Vol. X. 2006/3 p. 50-54
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| Származási hely: Lakatos Artur szonyegei |
Retrieved from
http://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakatos_Art% C3% Bar
Categories: Hungarian painters Hungarian artists
Translated by B. Mehes (corrected by E. Simon-Berci)
