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Ada Karinthi

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Ada Karinthi
1912 drawing of Karinthi by Amedeo Modigliani
Born(1880-10-20)20 October 1880
Budapest
Died31 May 1955(1955-05-31) (aged 74)
Budapest
Alma materNagybánya artists' colony
MovementNagybánya artists' colony
SpouseViktor Erdei
RelativesFrigyes Karinthy (brother)

Ada Noémi Karinthi, born Etelka Karinthi, later Adél Jusztina Karinthi, name variant: E. Ada Karinthy (20 October 1880, Budapest, – 31 May 1955, Budapest, Józsefváros)[1] was a Hungarian painter and illustrator. She was the sister of writer Frigyes Karinthy and the wife of the painter Viktor Erdei.

Life

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Daughter of József Ernő Karinthi and Karolina Szeréna Engel, a bourgeois family in Budapest. Her family was originally Jewish, but converted to Lutheranism shortly before her brother Frigyes was born (1887). Young Etelka played piano and wrote poems in childhood,[2] before studying at the free school in Nagybánya artists' colony between 1906 and 1912. She exhibited at the National Salon (1914, 1916, 1917) and at the 1916/17 winter exhibition of the Hall of Art, mainly watercolors. She also produced works of applied art and book illustrations. On 14 June 1908 Viktor Erdei married non-denominational Ada in Budapest.[3] Their marriage was dissolved in 1922,[4] but they married again on 21 June 1924 in Budapest.[5] Her death was caused by myocardial degeneration and pneumonia.

Bibliography

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  • Magyar zsidó lexikon. Ed. Peter Ujvári. Jewish Lexicon, 1929.
  • "Karinthi Ada Noémi | PLM Namespace". PLM Namespace. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
  • Magyar asszonyok lexikona. Compiled, prefaced and provided by Margit Bozzay. 1931. Stephanum St.
  • Gulyás Pál: Magyar írók élete és munkái. Hungarian Association of Librarians and Archivists, 1939-2002. From volume 7 to the press, reg. János Viczián.
  • Karinthy E. Ada /Karinthy Ada Noémi, Erdei Viktorné/ (1880-1955) OMIKE

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