Sold on thesaleroom: Pointillist painting by Hungarian artist
14 July 2022 Estimated at just £100-200, this Tuscan pointillist oil on canvas by Hungarian artist Artur Lakatos (1880-1968) will return home.
Portoferraio, Elba by Artur Lakatos - £16,600 at Eastbourne Auctions.
Although Lakatos trained in Munich and first worked in Paris where his pictures were hung at the Salon d'Automne, he returned to his native Hungary in the early 20th century.
Many of his pictures reflect the influence of post impressionism such as this Tuscan pointillist oil on canvas, signed and inscribed 1916 - Portoferraio, Elba.
Measuring 2ft 8in (79cm) square, this picture is of similar size and date to a pointillist landscape sold by Budapest auction house Kieselbach Gallery in 2008 for Ft8m (£23,400), the auction record for the artist according to ArtPrice.
Estimated at just £100-200, it found plenty of admirers before selling at £16,600 to a Hungarian buyer bidding via thesaleroom.com
It was offered for sale at Eastbourne Auctions on June 8-10.
When Lakatos returned to Hungary he taught at the School of Industrial Design in Budapest and also worked as a designer of furniture, textiles and interiors.
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