Art No. 553
Artist : Tibor Jankay
(1899~1995 )
Tibor Jankay was born
1899 in Hungary. He was educated at The Fine Arts Academy in Budapest, Hungary,
and did Post graduate work at The Julian Academy in Paris, France. He also
attended The Art School in Zurich, Switzerland, The Dresden Academy in Germany,
The Joseph Cassin Academy in Vienna, Austria.
In 1939 he was
conscripted into the Hungarian army and sent along with other Jewish soldiers
to a Labor Battalion in Transylvania. These battalions were little more than
prison camps, where prisoners were starved and frequently beaten. In 1944, the
Nazis ordered the deportation of all Jews from Hungary, and Tibor was put on a
train bound for a concentration death camp in Aushwitz. Fighting for his life,
he used a rusty chisel to cut a hole in the wooden floor of the train.
Eventually, after days of painstakingly chipping out a large enough opening, he
escaped. Drawing portraits in exchange for food and shelter, he made his way on
foot to his hometown of Békécssaba, where he was reunited with his true love
Irene.
In 1948, they
emigrated to America where Tibor eventually taught art at Redlands University
and later at Pepperdine University, where he retired as the Chairman of the Art
Department after 27 years. In California, Tibor spent much of his time along
the world famous Venice Beach Boardwalk where he became a mentor to thousands
of young artists, inspiring them with his stories of survival, and philosophy
of forgiveness. He won the Spirit of Venice Award in 1992, a award given to
outstanding Venice citizens.
Tibor was the rare
artist that refused to sell his works, and was even reluctant to exhibit them.
"I am unhappy to sell my work." he said, "When you have
children, or you have a child, and somebody's telling you, sell [them to] me,
I'd like to have your child, you will have a shocked feeling. Because I have
the feeling I do not paint this one to sell it, I painted it just to do it...to
bring alive. When they are alive I am living with them, I have the feeling they
are my children."
Selected Exhibitions:
Albertina Museum in Vienna, Budapest Museum of Fine Art, Ernest Museum in
Budapest, Fővárosi
Képtár in Budapest, Munkacsy Museum in Hungary, New York Metropolitan Museum,
Los Angeles County Museum, Cleveland Museum of Fine Art, Denver Art Museum,
Santa Barbara Museum of Fine Art, San Francisco Museum of Fine Art, MiMo
Gallery and Auctions 2008 in Palm Springs, CA.
Lived/Active: Hungary, California
Known for: Painting
Oil Painting on
Canvas
Title : Mother &
Child
26" x 30"
Signed
Original Frame
$4,500
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