Ervin Baktay | |
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| Born | Ervin Gottesmann 1890 |
| Died | 1963 |
| Occupation | Writer, painter |
| Subject | Indology |
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Ervin Baktay (1890–1963; born Ervin Gottesmann[1]) was an author noted for popularizing Indian culture in Hungary.[2][3]
Baktay had started his career as a painter[4] and he encouraged his niece Amrita Sher-Gil to pursue art.[5] He gave up painting to study eastern religions and art, and became a renowned Indologist.[4]
- ^ Baktay Ervin (1890-1963) megjelent könyvei (Terebess Ázsia E-Tár)
- ^ Indo-Hungarian Cultural & Educational Relations, Historical Perspective Archived 2008-10-09 at the Wayback Machine, Indian Embassy in Hungary
- ^ Claudine Bautze-Picron. Ervin Baktay, the art historian. BÉLA KELÉNYI, Az indológus indián. Baktay Ervin emlékezete (The Indologist Indian: Memory of Ervin Baktay), Budapest: Museum of Fine Arts – Ferenc Hopp Museum of Eastern Asiatic Arts, 2014 (pp. 364-9)., 2014. halshs-01079408
- ^ a b Amrita Shergil, sikh-heritage.co.uk
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