LÁSZLÓ MEITNER* (Budapest 1900 - 1968 Rio de Janeiro) Lap dog, 1928 Indian ink and pencil/paper 40 x 28 cm signed Laszlo Meitner depicted in the periodical "Jugend, 10/20/1928, year 33, N° 43, p. 686 ESTIMATE °€ 100 - € 200 STARTING PRICE € 100 Laszlo Meitner was an internationally active painter, designer, illustrator and set designer of Hungarian origin. Meitner studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Berlin in 1919, where he worked as an illustrator for the magazines "Simplissimus", "Jugend" and "Querschnitt". After coming to power, he emigrated to London in 1933, where he worked as a sketch artist at the London Film Company. In 1937 Meitner went to Paris; there he worked on cartoons. In 1939 he lived in the house of the painter couple Arpadszenes and Vieira da Silva in Lisbon. From there he moved to Rio de Janeiro; in 1941 he acquired Brazilian citizenship. In 1947, Meitner had a solo exhibition at the Instituto dos Arquitetos do Brasil (IAB); the following year he travelled to the United States, where he remained for two years. As an illustrator he worked for the magazines Sombra and Rio Artes. From 1952 onwards, Meitner devoted himself exclusively to painting. The present work comes from the artist's early years in Berlin. She was pictured in the magazine "Jugend", October 20, 1928, volume 33, issue 43, page 686. Further artists and styles: Béni Ferenczy, Endre Vadász, Tibor Hetényi, Tibor Gergely, Brigitta Videky, Maria Lazar, Zsigmond Cselényi Walleshausen, Geza Boross, Ibolya Csengery, Gitta Gyenes, Ferenc Erdély, Ilona Bereczky, Olga Székely-Kovács, Maria Barta, Alice Endresz, Jenö Szabados, Gyula Derkovits, Jozsef Rippl-Ronay, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Victor Vasarely and Vilmos Aba-Novak PLEASE NOTE: The purchase price consists of the highest bid plus the buyer's premium, sales tax and, if applicable, the fee of artists resale rights. In the case of normal taxation (marked °), a premium of 24% is added to the highest bid. The mandatory sales tax of 13%, for photographys 20%, is added to the sum of the highest bid and the buyer's premium. The buyer's premium amounts to 28% in case of differential taxation. The sales tax is included in the differential taxation.