Lajos Csordák (2 February 1864 in Kassa,

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– 28 June 1937 in Kosice,

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) was a Hungarian painter. Csordák started to study painting around 1880. In 1883, his whole family moved to

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. From 1889 to 1895 he studied at

Academy of Fine Arts, Prague The Academy of Fine Arts, Prague ( cs, Akademie výtvarných umění v Praze; AVU) is an art college in Prague, Czech Republic. Founded in 1799, it is the oldest art college in the country. The school offers twelve master's degree programs and on ...

, under the guidance of Czech landscape painter

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, and became a member of the artistic group

Mánes Union of Fine Arts The Mánes Association of Fine Artists ( or ''S.V.U.''; commonly abbreviated as ''Manes'') was an artists' association and exhibition society founded in 1887 in Prague and named after painter Josef Mánes. The Manes was significant for its inte ...

. After 1908, he lived permanently in Kassa. In painting he specialised on landscapes using dry materials

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. He was influenced by

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in his works.

External links

Very short biography (in Slovak)

Works held in Slovak art collections
1864 births 1937 deaths Landscape artists 19th-century Hungarian painters 20th-century Hungarian painters Hungarian male painters 19th-century Hungarian male artists 20th-century Hungarian male artists {{Hungary-painter-stub