Timeline
A year-by-year chronology of György Rauscher’s life and afterlife, from his birth in Dorog in 1902 to the posthumous exhibitions and scholarship that followed. Each entry is sourced; the full story is told across the five biography chapters.
Chronology
| Date | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 29 April 1902 | Born in Dorog, Esztergom county, eldest son of Dr. Rauscher Zsigmond and Milch Emma | #szamado-2019 p. 5 |
| 1903 | Family moves to Komárom, where the father takes up a medical practice | #szamado-2019 p. 5 |
| 3-10 November 1912 | Wins a prize at the school art exhibition, Komárom Benedictine gymnasium, aged 10 | #szamado-2019 p. 8 |
| c. 1918 | At 16, paints the portrait of county lord-lieutenant F. Szabó Géza in díszmagyar | #szamado-2019 p. 8 |
| c. 1919 | At 17, linocuts published in Tuba Károly’s poetry volume Megváltó viharban | #szamado-2019 p. 8 |
| 1920-1921 | Studies at the Akademie der bildenden Künste, Vienna | #szamado-2019 p. 8 |
| 1921-1923 | Studies at the Budapest Academy of Fine Arts under Réti István | #szamado-2019 p. 8 |
| 1922 | Wins the Szinyei Társaság prize for Tanulmányfej (Study Head) | #szamado-2019 p. 8 |
| 1923 | Travels to Italy; shows Tanulmányfej at the academy students’ exhibition, Ernst Múzeum | #szamado-2019 p. 8 |
| Autumn-winter 1924 | In Paris, assisting Paizs Goebel Jenő; exhibits at the JESZO first spring show, Komárom | #szamado-2019 p. 9 |
| from early 1925 | Settles in Paris | #szamado-2019 p. 9 |
| c. 1925 | Turn to New Objectivity (új tárgyiasság); firm outlines and solid, sculptural form | #szamado-2019 p. 17 |
| 1926-1927 | Budapest, studio at Eskü tér; summers at the Beöthy villa, Komárom | #szamado-2019 p. 9 |
| May-June 1926 | Exhibits at the Tavaszi Szalon, Nemzeti Szalon, Budapest; strong press | #magyar-grafika-1926-03-01 |
| March 1927 | Honourable mention at the second Szinyei Társaság Tavaszi Szalon | #szamado-2019 p. 11 |
| September 1927 | Six-artist group exhibition at the Ernst Múzeum; 16 works; Rabinovszky review in Nyugat | #nyugat-1927-05-01 |
| 1927 | Regular KUT exhibitor | #galig-2013 |
| March 1928 | Solo show at the Deutsches Künstlerhaus, Brünn (Brno); almost every work sold | #komaromi-lapok-1928-03-13 |
| 1928 | Moves to Berlin (Düsseldorfer Strasse); wins the Sport im Bild cover competition; Scherl Verlag contributor; joins the Berlini Filmklub | #szamado-2019 p. 13 |
| 31 December 1928 | Documented New Year’s Eve in Berlin with Esterházy Ágnes | #szinhazi-elet-1928-51 |
| January 1929 | KUT exhibition, Budapest; exhibits Zenebohóc | #szamado-2019 p. 13 |
| 1929 | Berlin celebrity sittings: Marlene Dietrich, Lilian Harvey, Elisabeth Bergner | #szamado-2019 pp. 31-33 |
| late 1929 | Moves to Nice (Hotel Negresco), then Paris (Rue de Vaugirard) | #szamado-2019 p. 15 |
| 1930 | Returns to Hungary ill; last completed work, the Pálffy-Daun portrait at Bicske | #szamado-2019 p. 15 |
| September 1930 | Goes to the Tátra sanatorium for renewed TB treatment | #szamado-2019 p. 16 |
| early October 1930 | Transferred to Rózsahegy (Ružomberok); brought back to Komárom | #szamado-2019 p. 16 |
| 3 October 1930 | Dies at home in Komárom, aged 28 | #szamado-2019 p. 17 |
| 5 October 1930 | Buried in the Komárom Jewish cemetery | #magyarorszag-1930-10-07 |
| 7 October 1930 | Obituaries, including Lyka Károly in Magyar Művészet (the Pester Lloyd gives Kaposvár in error) | #lyka-1930; #pester-lloyd-1930-10-07 |
| 26 October - 10 November 1935 | 1935 Nemzeti Szalon estate exhibition, 118 works | #szamado-2019 pp. 41-42 |
| 1977 | Dévényi Iván’s article, the first post-1945 revival mention | #devenyi-1977 |
| 1996 | Memorial exhibition at the Klapka György Múzeum; Gálig’s Limes study | #galig-1996 |
| 2015 | Bratislava-cellar rediscoveries shown at the Esztergom Duna Múzeum | #szamado-2019 p. 44 |
| 2019 | Számadó Emese’s monograph; ninetieth-anniversary programme at the Klapka György Múzeum | #szamado-2019 |
The works behind these dates are gathered in the 1935 Nemzeti Szalon estate catalogue and among the later rediscoveries.