Louis jambor artist biography

Hungarian-American painter (1884–1954)

The native form of this personal name is Jámbor Lajos. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Lajos "Louis" Jámbor (1 August 1884 – 11 June 1954)^[1] was a Hungarian-Americanpost-impressionist painter,^[2] illustrator and background artist for animation.

He is known for his illustrations for the book Little Women (1947 edition), and his symbolic and religious artwork found murals and as decoration in churches. He also created portraits for New York society.^[1]

Early life and education

He was born as Lajos Jámbor in 1884 in Nagyvárad, Kingdom of Hungary (today Oradea, Romania).^[1] He attended the Hungarian Royal National School of Arts in Budapest.^[3] After graduation he studied religious art in Italy and studied in Düsseldorf, Germany under Frank Gebhard.^[3] Jámbor was elected to the Royal Academy of Arts (RA), before emigrating to