Lot 216: ARTÚR LAKATOS

PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTION HUNGARIAN 1880 - 1968 NAPOLEON'S GARDEN ON ELBA signed and dated Lakatos A. Elb[..] 16 lower right oil on canvas 48.5 by 48.5cm., 19 by 19in.

Budapest, Könyves Kálmán Szalon, Lakatos Artúr Kiallitasa, 1911 Budapest, Fényes Adolf Terem, 1960 Budapest, Kogart Gallery, In the Current of Impressionism. Hungarian Painting 1830-1920, 2009, no. 120, illustrated in the catalogue

Sale: Art Collectors Gallery, 11 May 1990 Sale: Kieselbach, Budapest, 17 October 2008, lot 25 Purchased at the above sale by the present owner

Lakatos studied at the School of Industrial Design and at the Model Drawing School and attended Hollósy's school in Munich. He also worked in Paris, where his works were included in the exhibitions of the Salon d' Automne. Following his return to Hungary, he taught at the School of Industrial Design for many years. Apart from painting, he also worked in furniture design and interior design.