Lajos Markos

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name = Lajos Markos


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birthdate = 1917
location = flagicon|Hungary Marosvasarhely, Hungary
deathdate = 1969
deathplace = flagicon|US Houston
nationality = flagicon|Hungary Hungarian
field = Portraits, Western(genre)s, Cityscapes
training = Royal Academy of Budapest
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Lajos Markos (1917–1993) was a Hungarian American artist.

A European, he was trained at the Royal Academy of Budapest. He came to the United States following World War II and quickly established himself in New York City as a major portrait, with many of his subjects being celebrities such as John Wayne Robert Kennedy, The Royal Family of King Hassan II and Pablo Casals. In his lifetime, Lajos Markos completed over 2,000 portraits. In the 1960s, he moved to Houston, Texas, where he expanded his interest to western art. He also created a instructional video of classical portrait painting.

Examples of his work are in the Cowboy Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City, Texas State capitol in Austin, TX and Zigler museum, Jennings, LA. cite web | last = AFA Lejos Markos | title = Lejos Markos | url = http://www.antiquesandfineart.com/artists/bio.cfm?id=169238| accessdate = 2008-08-24 ] cite web | last = Madison Art Shop Lejos Markos | title = Lejos Markos | url = http://www.madisonartshop.com/classicalportraitpainting.html| accessdate = 2008-10-04 ]

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