Sándor Ziffer (May 5, 1880, in Eger – September 8, 1962, in Baia Mare) was a Hungarian painter characterized by his strong decorative paintings and use of definite contours and colour in his works. After 1906 he worked in Nagybánya where he settled on a permanent basis in 1918 making several trips to Paris and Berlin where he encountered forms of

expressionism Expressionism is a modernist movement, initially in poetry and painting, originating in Northern Europe around the beginning of the 20th century. Its typical trait is to present the world solely from a subjective perspective, distorting it rad ...

which impacted upon his painting. Later from 1935 to 1945, he worked as an art teacher. Six of his paintings are held in the Hungarian National Gallery.

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Fine Arts in Hungary
1880 births 1962 deaths People from Eger Academy of Fine Arts, Munich alumni 19th-century Hungarian painters 20th-century Hungarian painters Hungarian male painters 19th-century Hungarian male artists 20th-century Hungarian male artists {{hungary-painter-stub