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'''Lajos Markos''' (1917–1993) was a [[Hungarian American]] artist trained at the [[Royal Academy of Budapest]].
'''Lajos Markos''' (1917–1993) was a [[Hungarian-American]] artist trained at the [[Royal Academy of Budapest]].


He came to the United States following [[World War II]] and worked as a portraitist in [[New York City]], painting celebrities such as [[John Wayne]], [[Robert Kennedy]], [[Ronald Reagan|President Ronald Reagan]], and [[Pablo Casals]]. In his lifetime, Lajos Markos completed over 2,000 portraits.{{Citation needed|date=May 2011}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.walden3d.com/hgol/Markos/ScholarshipProgram.html|title=Lajos Markos Art Foundation Scholarship Program|last=|first=|date=|website=www.walden3d.com|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2019-04-18}}</ref>
He came to the United States following [[World War II]] and worked as a portraitist in [[New York City]], painting celebrities such as [[John Wayne]], [[Robert Kennedy]], [[Ronald Reagan|President Ronald Reagan]], and [[Pablo Casals]]. In his lifetime, Lajos Markos completed over 2,000 portraits.{{Citation needed|date=May 2011}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.walden3d.com/hgol/Markos/ScholarshipProgram.html|title=Lajos Markos Art Foundation Scholarship Program|last=|first=|date=|website=www.walden3d.com|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2019-04-18}}</ref>

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Lajos Markos
Born1917
Hungary Marosvasarhely, Hungary
Died1993
United States Houston
NationalityHungary Hungarian
EducationRoyal Academy of Budapest
Known forPortraits, Western(genre)s, Cityscapes

Lajos Markos (1917–1993) was a Hungarian-American artist trained at the Royal Academy of Budapest.

He came to the United States following World War II and worked as a portraitist in New York City, painting celebrities such as John Wayne, Robert Kennedy, President Ronald Reagan, and Pablo Casals. In his lifetime, Lajos Markos completed over 2,000 portraits.[citation needed][1]

In the 1960s, he moved to Houston, Texas, where he expanded his interest to the art of the American West. Examples of his work can be found in the Cowboy Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and the Zigler museum in Jennings, Louisiana, as well as other prominent museums and private collections. JP Morgan has acquired a number of his works housed today at its main headquarters.

His portraits are scarce. He painted portraits of the 12 "Texas Immortals," which hangs in the Texas Commerce Bank in Houston, the "Siege of the Alamo," which hangs in the Texas State Capitol in Austin, and countless western paintings depicting the history of the cowboy era, which hang in private and corporate collections in the US and abroad. Paintings of Sam Houston, Robert E. Lee, and George S. Patton are in private collections.

He was married to an opera singer and routinely played her music as he painted his portraits. Robert Kennedy assisted Markos in obtaining permission to return to his home country, behind the Iron Curtain, in the early 1960's. He was missing a thumb on his right hand due to an accident as a young man.

He is buried in Italy, near Udine, in his wife's hometown Lavariano.

References

  1. ^ "Lajos Markos Art Foundation Scholarship Program". www.walden3d.com. Retrieved 2019-04-18. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
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