Isidor Kaufmann

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Portrait of Isidor Kaufmann
by Hans Temple (by 1921)

Isidor Kaufmann (

genre painting, he traveled throughout Eastern Europe in search of scenes of Jewish, often Hasidic life. The artist's life and work was featured by the Jewish Museum Vienna 1995 in a show curated by Tobias G. Natter
.

Life and career

Born to Hungarian Jewish parents in Arad, Kingdom of Hungary (presently in Romania), Kaufmann was originally destined for a commercial career, and could fulfill his wish to become a painter only later in life.

In 1875, he went to the

Trenkwald
.

His most noted paintings refer to the life of

Weltausstellung
of 1873).

Kaufmann's other honors include: the Baron

Königswarter Künstler-Preis, the gold medal of the Emperor of Germany, a gold medal of the International Exhibition at Munich, and a medal of the third class at the Exposition Universelle in Paris
.

One of his most prominent students was Lazar Krestin.

He married a cantor's daughter in 1882. They had five children.[1]

  • Kaufmann's Portrait of a Yeshiva Boy
    Kaufmann's Portrait of a Yeshiva Boy
  • Portrait of a Rabbi
    Portrait of a Rabbi
  • Day of Atonement, before 1907
    Day of Atonement, before 1907

References

  1. ^ "Isidor Kaufmann's contemporary genre scenes in Vienna". 4 November 2017. Retrieved 17 February 2022.