Gulácsy, Lajos (1882-1932)

Lajos Gulácsy Trunks 27×18.5cm pencil on paper Signed bottom right: Gulácsy / Reproduced
Lajos Gulácsy Parisian workers, 1906 41×29cm pastel on paper Signed upper, left: Gulácsy 1906 Paris , bottom right: Gulácsy Reproduced
Lajos Gulácsy Female nude, c' 1910 21×14cm pencil on paper Signed bottom right: GL GL Reproduced
Lajos Gulácsy Dante and Beatrice 13×10cm pencil on paper No Sign from The Keleti-Vörösváry Collection
Lajos Gulácsy Encounter (Verlaine) 7,5×4cm pencil on paper No Sign. From the Keleti-Vörösváry Collection
Lajos Gulácsy At the Table 12×11cm pencil on paper No Sign. From The Keleti-Vörösváry Collection
Lajos Gulácsy Portrait of Bearded Man 10×9cm pencil on paper from The Keleti-Vörösváry Collection
Lajos Gulácsy Fisherman from Dieppe 11×8cm pencil on paper Signed bottom right: Gulácsy from The Keleti-Vörösváry Collection

He began his studies in Budapest but in fact he learnt on his own. He studied in Rome, Florence and Paris in 1902. He visited Italy several times and painted the medieval and renaissance atmosphere of Italian towns. His works were poetic manifestations of a dreamworld ("The Song of a Rose Tree", "A Florence Tragedy", etc.). When the First World War began, he suffered a nervous break-down in Venice and from that time on he was treated in psychiatric sanatoriums on several occasions of which he became a resident from 1917 until his death. He painted surrealistic pictures of people living in Naconxipan, a dream world, with delicate colours ("Dream of an Opium Eater", "Chevalier aux Roses"). Losing his eyesight in 1924 put an end to painting. He painted pictures which were Hungarian versions of pre-raffaelitism combined with surrealism.

Source: Hungarian National Gallery