Július Jakoby (born as Gyula Jakoby, Košice, Kingdom of Hungary, 28 March 1903 – Košice, Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, 15 April 1985) was a Slovak painter of Hungarian[1] ancestry. Jakoby was a prominent figure of Slovakia's modernist art.[2]
Július Jakoby | |
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| Born | Gyula Jakoby 28 March 1903 |
| Died | 15 April 1985 (aged 82) |
| Education | Hungarian University of Fine Arts |
| Known for | Painting |
| Notable work |
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| Movement | Symbolism |
His image is that of a loner, living on the fringe of society, struggling for survival at the start of his career. His work is deeply tied to the small town atmosphere of Košice and its people, whose macrocosm can be seen in most of his works. In formal terms his work reflects secessionist expressionism and symbolism of Konštantín Kövári-Kačmárik and the Hungarian symbolism of Károly Férenczy and József Rippl-Rónai.[3]
The works of Július Jakoby are exhibited in Slovak national gallery, National Gallery in Prague and Hungarian National Gallery and in many Slovak art museums and private collections. The biggest collection of his work is held in East Slovak Gallery in Košice.
His achievements are commemorated by a statue in the centre of his hometown of Košice, where he spent most of his life.[4]
References
edit- ^ "A (cseh)szlovákiai magyarok lexikona 1918-tól (Cyclopaedia of Hungarians of Czechoslovakia from 1918)". Forum Institute (Databank of Hungarians in Slovakia). Archived from the original on 18 April 2013. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
- ^ Jakoby Gyula. Kortárs Magyar Művészeti Lexikon (Encyclopedia of Contemporary Hungarian Arts), 2. kötet. Főszerk. Fitz Péter, Enciklopédia Kiadó, Budapest, 2000., 201–203.
- ^ 111 Diel Zo Zbierok (1. vyd ed.). Bratislava: Slovenská národná galéria. 2008. ISBN 978-80-8085-601-4.
- ^ "Július Jakoby profile". www.eantik.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 23 August 2022.