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Ernő Grünbaum (29 March 1908, in Nagyvárad – between December 1944 and April 1945, in Mauthausen) was a Transylvanian-Hungarian painter, graphic artist, lithographer and illustrator. He worked in a variety of styles, including Art Nouveau, Expressionism and Cubism.

Ernő Grünbaum
Self-portrait (1933/36)
Born	(1908-05-21)21 May 1908 Nagyvárad
Died	1944/45 Mauthausen
Nationality	Romanian, Hungarian
Known for	Painting
Movement	Modernism

Biography

His father's death left the family in severe financial distress and he was unable to take art lessons, although he displayed considerable talent for drawing. Initially he worked as a tanner, then as a carpenter.[1] This was followed by an apprenticeship to a copper engraver. In 1927, he found employment with the Sonnenfeld publishing company, where he learned typography. While there, he met and befriended Alex Leon, an Expressionist graphic artist who introduced him to the trends in modern art.

His first exhibition was at the Journalists' Club in his home town. Shortly after, he participated in creating the "Association of Fine Arts [de]". In 1933, he participated in a major exhibition of young artists at a hotel called the Weiszlovits Palace [ro],[1] together with his friend Leon, Imre Földes, Imre Ványai [de] and others. His first solo exhibition came in March 1936. Over the next few years, he advertised in Budapest as a draftsman and lithographer. In addition to his paintings, he designed the covers and title pages for several books.

In May 1944, he and his colleague, Jenő Elefánt [de] were transported to Mauthausen Concentration Camp.[2] He was put to death there sometime between then and the camp's liberation by the United States Army a year later.[3] The exact number of works he created is unknown, but it is believed that the great majority of them were destroyed during the war.

In January 1992, a large retrospective of local Jewish painters was held at the Muzeul Țării Crișurilor [ro] in Oradea (Nagyvárad). The exhibition was called "Light and Spirit" and included Grünbaum's works together with those of Leon, Ernő Tibor and Móric Barát [eo].

References

Further reading

• Maria Zintz, Artiștii plastici din nordul Transilvaniei victime ale holocaustului. pgs. 167–188, Editura Arca House, 2007 ISBN 978-973-1881-00-3.

External links

Media related to Ernő Grünbaum at Wikimedia Commons

• "Jews in Oradea" @ Tikvah. Includes biographical notes on Elefánt and Barát with samples of their work.

На других языках

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[de] Ernő Grünbaum

Ernő Grünbaum (geboren am 29. März 1908 in Nagyvárad, Österreich-Ungarn; gestorben entweder gegen Ende des Jahres 1944 oder am 3. April 1945, vermutlich im Konzentrationslager Mauthausen[1] oder höchstwahrscheinlich um dieselbe Zeit im KZ-Außenlagerkomplex Mühldorf des KZ Dachau)[2] war ein siebenbürgisch-ungarischer Maler, Zeichner, Grafiker, Lithograf und Exlibris-Künstler der Klassischen Moderne. Seine Miniaturen zeigen Einflüsse des Jugendstils, wohingegen sein weiteres Œuvre dem Expressionismus sowie dem Kubismus zugeschrieben werden kann. Aufgrund seiner jüdischen Herkunft[3] war er Repressionen ausgesetzt, was sich in Teilen seines Schaffens widerspiegelt.

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- [en] Ernő Grünbaum

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[fr] Ernő Grünbaum

Ernő Grünbaum, né le 29 mars 1908 à Nagyvárad en Autriche-Hongrie (aujourd'hui Oradea en Roumanie) et mort le 3 avril 1945 à Mauthausen, est un peintre, dessinateur, graphiste, lithographe hongrois transylvain de la période moderne. Ses miniatures sont influencées par l'art nouveau mais le reste de son œuvre est proche de l'expressionnisme et du cubisme. En raison de son origine juive[1], il est l'objet de persécutions qui trouvent leur expression dans une partie son œuvre.

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