Lakatos, Artúr (1880 - 1968)

Painter and designer. He attended the Technical Drawing School in Budapest, then studied under Bertalan Székely at the School of Artistic Drawing, becoming a qualified drawing instructor. He worked in Nagybánya, then had an extended stay in Bruges and Paris. Since his works were accepted for an exhibition at the Salon d’Automne, he was elected a member ("sociétaire”). From 1902 onwards he regularly exhibited his works. Following his teaching work in Kassa (today: Kosice, Slovakia), he became a teacher at the Technical Drawing School in Budapest between 1906 and 1941; he organized the textile class. In recognition of his work as a designer, in 1906 he received a gold medal and a diploma in Milan; then, in 1935, he was awarded the gold medal of the Society of Applied Arts; in Paris in 1937 he was given a gold medal at the international exhibition Arts et Métiers; and in 1955, on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the High School of Fine and Applied Arts in Budapest he received the ’’Order of Work” decoration. Mainly engaged in designing textiles and gobelins, he also worked for the Zsolnay Factory, the Emil Fischer Factory, the Pesterzsébet Ceramics Factory, the Herend Porcelain Factory and the Waldsteiner Factory. In addition, he designed book covers and illustrations, as well as stained-glass windows.