Jenő Fischof

Jenő Fischof was an applied artist and leather goods manufacturer, but very little is known about life. He enrolled as a student of sculpture at the Országos Magyar Királyi Iparművészeti Tanoda (National Hungarian Royal School of Applied Arts) in 1885. In 1896, his leather work appeared at an exhibition organised by the Millennium Exhibition Applied Arts Association, of which he was by then a member. He executed many Art Nouveau designs, working with Pál Horti, Ödön Faragó and Sándor Nagy, and he also worked from his own drawings. On an advertisement for his work dated 1898, we read: “The applied arts studio of Jenő Fischhof – at 28 Népszinház Street, Budapest VIII – makes all kinds of leather-sculptural work, including armchairs, dining chairs, purses, portfolios and cassettes, and artistic pyrographic and dyed leather. Particularly recommended are its leather appliqués for the latest curtains. Drawings and estimates given on request.” Fischof made the guest book for the Hungarian Historical Pavilion at the 1900 Paris World’s Fair to a design by Sándor Nagy, and in 1902, he appeared in the International Exhibition of Decorative Art at Turin, where he won the Diplôme de Mérite. He also won a silver medal for his work at the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair. He is mentioned as a leather goods manufacturer in an issue of the magazine Magyar Iparművészet from 1910. His subsequent career requires further research. He died in Budapest in 1953.