Lajos P. "Louis" Szanto

United States of America
United States of America
Games Participations1
First Olympic GamesBerlin 1936
Year of Birth1890

Biography

Hungarian-born Louis Szanto Americanized his first name from Lajos when entering the United States. He was a painter and etcher of figure studies, landscape and marine views who studied art both in Wien (Vienna) and Budapest before the outbreak of World War I. He then served with the Austrian Army from 1914-18. After the war Louis Szanto developed an international reputation for both his paintings and etchings. He worked and traveled throughout the Baltic States, Italy, France and Holland and exhibited his art in many major centers, including New York and Chicago.

In the early years of the Great Depression, Szanto moved to the United States. After World War II, the artist joined forces together with Andrew Karoly and came to dominate mural painting in the Cleveland area.

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