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Eugen Fischer de Farkasházy

1861 – 1926

Hungarian porcelain factory owner and art historian

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Lived 1861 – 1926 (aged 65). Eugen Fischer de Farkasházy was a Hungarian art historian, ceramicist and entrepreneur.

Eugen Fischer de Farkasházy (born Farkasházi Fischer Jenő) (29 March 1861, Székesfehérvár – 4 May 1926, Herend) was a Hungarian porcelain factory owner, ceramicist, and author. His brother, Dr. Zsigmond Farkasházy (1874–1928), was a politician, journalist, MP, and lawyer.

Early life He was a member of the noble Jewish Farkasházi Fischer family. He was the grandson of Móric Fischer de Farkasházy and Maria Salzer. His father was Desider Fischer de Farkasháza (1827?–1914) and his Jewish mother was Mary Pressburger. He studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and conducted over eight years of porcelain production.

Having knowledge of the England and Germany was expanded, the Ungvári porcelángyár (Uzhgorod), 1897 – but devoted his excellent knowledge of the Herend Porcelain Manufactory and workforce onwards. He went where his grandfather left off the old China's, Japan's, Meissen's, Vienna and Sèvres i samples based on Herend genre cultivated, and this area has achieved such results in which the traditions of old factories scattered again. The 1900s Paris World Exhibition inspired by modern forms and techniques. Coulon was a great success and pâte-sur-pâte porcelain decoration of users which he designed and painted. Literary work area as well, two major monographs written: The life and works of Palissy (1885), The Della Robbia family (1896). He died as CEO of the Herend porcelain factory stock company.

In 1904 his three grandchildren Mór Fischer, Hugo Fischer, and Eugene Fischer lawyer, member of parliament and Farkasházi Lieutenant Alexander Fischer has been granted by Franz Joseph I of Austria from the surname Fischer changed Farkasházy over, with the noble vorname, "farkasházi", retaining

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Hungarian porcelain factory owner and art historian

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Eugen Fischer de Farkasházy was born on 29 March 1861 in Székesfehérvár.

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Eugen Fischer de Farkasházy died on 4 May 1926 in Herend.

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Eugen Fischer de Farkasházy was an art historian, ceramicist and entrepreneur.

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Eugen Fischer de Farkasházy was Hungarian.

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· Wikidata: Q996455

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