Jenő Elefánt

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Jenő Elefánt or Elefant (* April 30, 1899, presumably in Großwardein ; † February 26, 1945 in Mauthausen concentration camp ) or (* July 5, 1897, presumably in Großwardein; † December 20, 1944 in Mauthausen concentration camp) was a Transylvanian painter of Classical Modernism .

Life

Jenő Elefant came from Oradea from a Jewish family. Determined to study painting, at a young age after the end of the First World War he enrolled at the Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts in Budapest for one year, from 1918 to 1919 . Enthusiastic about the art of the Baia Mare artists' colony , Elefant decided to travel there in 1922 and develop his style under the masters there.

When the Asociația Artelor Frumoase was founded in his hometown in 1932 , he also took part in the founding meeting. a. with Imre Földes , Ernő Grünbaum , Nicolae Irimie , Alex Leon and Alfred Macalik . In the following years his works were shown in the exhibitions organized by the Asociația Artelor Frumoase , which took place as part of the Great Oradine autumn and summer salons. With the rise of National Socialism , he was increasingly exposed to repression . Finally he and his painter colleague Ernő Grünbaum were deported to the Mauthausen concentration camp and died there. As a result of the Holocaust , some of his works were destroyed and Elefant was therefore forgotten.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Book of the dead of the Mauthausen concentration camp online view ( Memento from August 4, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) Enter "elephant" in the search field. There are two Jenő elephants registered.
  2. ^ Book of the dead of the Mauthausen concentration camp online view ( Memento from August 4, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
  3. ↑ " Evreii din Oradea (The Jews from Großwardein) " by Teréza Mózes , Verlag Hasefer Bucharest , 1997, page 267 Online view at Google Books
  4. ↑ List of students who have studied at the Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts since 1871 Online view ( memento of the original from October 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.mke.hu
  5. ↑ István Réti: " A nagybányai müvésztelep ", p. 174, Kulturtrade Verlag, Budapest 1994, ISBN 963-7826-35-1
  6. ^ Maria Zintz : Artişti plastici la Oradea 1850-1950 , p. 31, 2009, Muzeul Ţării Crişurilor . ISBN 978-973-7621-15-3
personal data
SURNAME Elefánt, Jenő
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Elephant, Jenő
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Transylvanian painter of classical modernism
DATE OF BIRTH between 1895 and 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH uncertain: Greater Oradea
DATE OF DEATH around 1945
Place of death Mauthausen concentration camp , Mauthausen