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Lajos Tihanyi

1885 - 1938

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Lajos Tihanyi (29 October 1885 – 11 June 1938) was a Hungarian painter and lithographer who achieved international renown working outside his country, primarily in Paris, France. After emigrating in 1919, he never returned to Hungary, even on a visit. Born in Budapest, as a young man, Tihanyi was part of the "Neoimpressionists" or "Neos", and later the influential avant-garde group of painters called The Eight (A Nyolcak), founded in 1909 in Hungary. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lajos Tihanyi has received more than 37,755 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Lajos Tihanyi is the 1,792nd most popular painter, the 568th most popular biography from Hungary and the 13th most popular Hungarian Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Lajos Tihanyi ranks 1,792 out of 2,023. Before him are Vladimir Dimitrov, László Paál, Ion Andreescu, Francesco Clemente, Lawrence Weiner, and George Inness. After him are Moshe Castel, Clyfford Still, Hale Asaf, Alberto Vargas, Theodor Pallady, and Victor Borisov-Musatov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Lajos Tihanyi ranks 202. Before him are Boris Vilkitsky, Per Thorén, Américo Castro, Enrico Porro, José Durand Laguna, and Leonida Tonelli. After him are Robert Liottel, Henri Béraud, Percy Hobart, Nils Hellsten, Georges Passerieu, and Miroslav Kraljević. Among people deceased in 1938, Lajos Tihanyi ranks 183. Before him are Isaak Zelensky, Miguel Fleta, Gustav Heinrich Johann Apollon Tammann, Georgy Langemak, John Derbyshire, and Albertson Van Zo Post. After him are Hale Asaf, Clarence Darrow, Ekaterine Gabashvili, Grey Owl, Ricardo Samper, and Oscar Dessomville.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Lajos Tihanyi ranks 568 out of 1,077. Before him are Thomas Sebeok (1920), Júlia Szendrey (1828), Andrea Kékesy (1926), Ferenc Sipos (1932), Miklós Páncsics (1944), and Kálmán Széll (1843). After him are Zoltán Mechlovits (1891), György Faludy (1910), István Gulyás (1931), Csaba Fenyvesi (1943), Edith Farkas (1921), and András Balczó (1938).

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Among PAINTERS In Hungary

Among painters born in Hungary, Lajos Tihanyi ranks 13. Before him are Gyula Benczúr (1844), Vilmos Aba-Novák (1894), József Rippl-Rónai (1861), Igor Grabar (1871), Katarina Ivanović (1811), and Ilka Gedő (1921).

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