EMILE LAHNER 1893/1980

SUPERB PASTEL CIRCA 1930. RARE ON THE MARKET. COLLECTOR'S ITEM. VERY LUMINOUS.
Of Hungarian origin, Émile Lahner was orphaned at an early age:
He studied mining engineering. He graduated in 1910, but gave up his engineering career in 19153 to enter the Budapest School of Fine Arts. His teacher at the art school, Kochkin, was a disciple of Impressionism.
From 1915 to 1917, Lahner's work was influenced by both Futurism and German Expressionism.
In 1923, he left Hungary for Zurich, later migrating to Lausanne, where he discovered French painting through an exhibition devoted to Delacroix, Van Gogh and Monet. In 1924, he settled in Paris and became a pupil of Antoine Bourdelle at the Académie de la Grande-Chaumière in Montparnasse. He also attended the Académie Colarossi.
In 1927, he held his first exhibition in Hungary. It won him the Prix Ernst. In 1928, he presented two still lifes at the 39th Salon des Indépendants (works no. 2365 and 2366). In 1929, Lahner presents a portrait at the Salon de l'Art Indépendant (room 8). He stays in Sannary during the summer of 1929. In 1930, he held his first exhibition in Paris and took part in the Salon des Indépendants the same year.
Around 1930, he visited the south of France. During the Second World War, he took refuge in the Dordogne free zone and devoted himself more specifically to engraving (etching, burin, linocut, stencil, etc.). His works are non-figurative and highly rhythmic.
In 1935, he presented Fleurs at the Salon des Tuileries.
After the liberation of Paris, he returned to live there and exhibited his work more frequently.
In 1959, he met the Californian gallery owner Laszlo Laky, who became one of his closest friends.
In 1961, he had a critically acclaimed exhibition at Galerie Jeanne Castel. The exhibition was organized under the patronage of Léopold Sédar Senghor.

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