After the Pogrom

LAKOS, ALFRED.

Hungarian, 1870-1960

Oil on canvas. Framed

“A contemporary of Isidor Kaufman, Lakos also studied in Budapest at the Academy of Art. Later he studied in Munich before moving on to Paris. There he was influenced by the Impressionists, and he became one of the few artists to treat classical Judaic subjects in what was considered at the time an advanced technique. His approach to Jewish subjects was one of respect and nobility in contrast to the almost caricaturist approach of his contemporaries. (L. Krief). See Benezit, Vol. VI p.392 Another version of this pathos-filled painting was sold by Sotheby's, Judaica, 1996, Lot 231