Lajos Gulacsy - Artist Info

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Gulacsy Lajos
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    Lajos Gulacsy, Hungarian painter
    Written By: The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica

    Last Updated: Feb 17, 2020 See Article History
    Alternative Title: Gulacsy Lajos

    Lajos Gulacsy, Hungarian form Gulacsy Lajos, (born Oct. 12, 1882, Budapest, Hung.—died Feb. 21, 1932, Budapest), Hungarian painter and a forerunner of Surrealism.

    Gulacsy attended the Mintarajziskola (School of Drawing) in Budapest before traveling to Rome and Florence in 1902 and then to Paris in 1906 to continue his studies. He was so traumatized by the outbreak of World War I that he had to be taken to a psychiatric institution in Lipótmezo, where he remained for the rest of his life. In the institution he continued to paint. His first exhib...

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