The György Rauscher Archive
Lovers by György Rauscher (1927) - private collection (rediscovered 2015)

György Rauscher, Szerelmespár (Lovers), 1927. Public domain.

Szerelmespár (Lovers)

Szerelmespár (Lovers), recorded in the 1935 catalogue as Csók (The Kiss), is a 1927 painting by György Rauscher, number 11 in that catalogue. It is one of the works rediscovered in a Bratislava cellar and shown at Esztergom in 2015 (see /rediscoveries).

A couple embraces and kisses: the fair-haired woman at the left, her eyes closed and her hand against the man’s face, and the dark-suited man whose arm encircles her. It is worked in soft grey-green washes, nearly monochrome, the forms dissolving at their edges. It is signed at the lower left.

It belongs with the night-world scenes of his Hungarian years, of passion and romance (see /biography/hungarian-years).

Record

  • Archive ID: GR-0047
  • Titles: Szerelmespár (Hungarian); Lovers (English). Catalogued in 1935 as Csók (The Kiss).
  • Year: 1927
  • 1935 catalogue number: 11
  • Medium: oil painting
  • Signature: lower left, rauscher
  • Attribution: confirmed
  • Documentation basis: primary, with image
  • Location: private collection (rediscovered in 2015)
  • Period: Hungarian years, 1922-1928
  • Exhibitions: 1935 Nemzeti Szalon estate exhibition, no. 11; 2015 Esztergom rediscoveries exhibition (see /exhibitions/2015-esztergom-rediscoveries)
  • Literature: /bibliography#szamado-2019

Cite this record

GR-0047, Szerelmespár (Lovers, 1927). The György Rauscher Archive, https://gyorgyrauscher.com/works/szerelmespar-1927 (last reviewed 2026-06-03).

BibTeX
@misc{GR-0047,
  title        = {Lovers},
  author       = {{The György Rauscher Archive}},
  year         = {1927},
  howpublished = {\url{https://gyorgyrauscher.com/works/szerelmespar-1927}},
  note         = {Archive ID GR-0047. Last reviewed Wed Jun 03 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time).}
}

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