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.
References
External links and sources
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
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