ZÓRÁD ERNŐ (1911-2004) Hungarian artist * The Painter of Tabán *

All the best to everyone! Ernő Zórád (1911-2004) Hungarian artist (Ernő Zórád (Wallburg Egon) Hungarian painter (1911-2004))

graphic artist, painter, illustrator, caricaturist, comic book artist. The painter of Tabán. Graphic artist, painter, caricaturist. He studied art at the Budapest School of Applied Arts. His master was Jenő Haranghy. In 2000, he was awarded the Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary. He began his career as an employed graphic artist and illustrator. After the World War II, he became a pioneer of Hungarian slide film and comic book drawing. From 1951 for four decades, he worked as an illustrator for the Füles newspaper. He immortalized the characteristic details of the old Tabán in a series of watercolors. In the 1950s, he participated in national exhibitions held in the Műcsarnok. He had a solo exhibition in 1960 in the Derkovits Hall, and from 1981 on several occasions in exhibition venues in the capital. His writings: The Youth of a Wandering Painter, Budapest 1990, Tabán, Budapest 1997, Krúdy's World, Budapest 1998.