The György Rauscher Archive

Sitters

Rauscher was, above all, a portraitist. This section gives biographies of the people he painted and links each to the work or works for which they sat. It covers thirteen pages at launch: those sitters with enough independent documentation to support a self-contained page. Minor sitters who do not meet that threshold are noted inline on the relevant work pages instead, per /methodology.

Hungarian writers and intellectuals

Film and stage

Other

Per-record data: /sitters/[slug].json. The Berlin sittings are narrated at /biography/berlin-years.

  • Babits Mihály

    The poet Babits Mihály, editor of Nyugat, is recorded among Gyorgy Rauscher's sitters. The archive documents the connection and flags what is not yet established about the portrait.

  • Berlin society sitters, 1928-1930

    The Berlin society women Gyorgy Rauscher portrayed for Sport im Bild between 1928 and 1930: Gina Lepsius, Nina Baehr, Vendla von Langenn, Barbara von Kalkreuth, and Georgia Lindt.

  • Elisabeth Bergner

    Elisabeth Bergner, one of the most celebrated stage actresses of 1920s German theatre, sat for Gyorgy Rauscher in Berlin in 1929. The portrait is held at the Komáromi Klapka György Múzeum.

  • Honthy Hanna

    Honthy Hanna, the reigning diva of Hungarian operetta, sat for Gyorgy Rauscher in 1927. The portrait appears as catalogue no. 55 of the 1935 estate exhibition.

  • Countess Klára Fáy de Fáj

    Countess Klára Anna Fáy de Fáj, a Hungarian noblewoman, was the sitter for Gyorgy Rauscher's last completed painting, the 1930 Pálffy-Daun portrait at Bicske. She was Hungarian-born, not English-born.

  • Lilian Harvey

    Lilian Harvey, the biggest star of UFA's musical films, sat for Gyorgy Rauscher in Berlin in 1929. The portrait is held at the Komáromi Klapka György Múzeum.

  • Marlene Dietrich

    Gyorgy Rauscher painted Marlene Dietrich in Berlin in 1929, the year before The Blue Angel made her an international star. The portrait is held at the Komáromi Klapka György Múzeum.

  • Molnár Vera

    Molnár Vera, a Hungarian film actress of the late silent era, sat for Gyorgy Rauscher in 1928. The tempera portrait is held at the Országos Színháztörténeti Múzeum és Intézet (OSZMI) in Budapest.

  • Móricz Zsigmond

    The novelist Móricz Zsigmond is recorded among Gyorgy Rauscher's sitters. The archive documents the connection and flags what is not yet established about the portrait.

  • Lia de Putti (Putty Lia)

    Lia de Putti, the Hungarian-born star of German silent film, crossed paths with Gyorgy Rauscher twice: he appeared alongside her in the 1921 film Ilona, and later painted her.

  • Szabó Lőrinc

    The poet Szabó Lőrinc is recorded among Gyorgy Rauscher's sitters. The archive documents the connection and flags what is not yet established about the portrait.

  • Szomory Dezső

    The writer Szomory Dezső sat for Gyorgy Rauscher in 1927. The finished portrait is in the Magyar Nemzeti Galéria; a preparatory study is at the Petőfi Irodalmi Múzeum.

  • Zsolt Béla

    The writer Zsolt Béla, a distant kinsman of Gyorgy Rauscher, sat for him in 1929. The portrait is held at the Komáromi Klapka György Múzeum.