Sandor Alexander Svoboda
Sandor Alexander Svoboda (born January 8, 1826 in Baghdad , † August 8, 1896 in Smyrna ) was a painter and photographer of Hungarian-Armenian descent.
Sandor Alexander Svoboda was the eldest son of Anton Svoboda and Euphemie Josephine Muradjian.
Like his brothers, he was a student in the French Carmelite School in Baghdad. He then studied painting in Budapest with Miklós Barabás , in Venice and London . Back in Baghdad he became known as a successful painter and photographer. Together with his brother Josef Maria Svoboda he spent a few years in Bombay and returned to Baghdad in 1857. In 1858 he left Baghdad and settled in Smyrna, where he ran a photo studio from about 1865 to 1868, then came to Europe, where he spent the rest of his life.
Publications
- The seven churches of Asia , with twenty full-page photographs, taken on the spot, historical notes, and itinerary. With an introduction by the Rev. HB Tristram , MA Sampson Low, Son and Marston, London 1869.
literature
- KL: Swoboda, Sándor (Alexander) . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 32 : Stephens – Theodotos . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1938, p. 355 .
- Emmanuel Bénézit : Dictionnaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs . 4th edition 1999, vol. 13, p. 396.
- Çınar Atay: 19. yüzyıl İzmir fotoğrafları . Suna & Kiraç Akdeniz Medeniyetleri Araştırma Enstitüsü, Istanbul 1997, ISBN 975-7078-03-4 .
Web links
- Genealogical page
- Levantine Heritage
- Sandor Alexander Svoboda on artnet.com
- Svoboda Ailesi ve Sanatçı Alexander Sandor - Svoboda Family and Artist Alexander Svoboda
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Svoboda, Sandor Alexander |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Swoboda, Sándor Alexander |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Painter and photographer of Hungarian-Armenian descent |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 8, 1826 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Baghdad |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 8, 1896 |
| Place of death | Izmir |