Lőwy Hevesi Lajos, or Ludwig Hevesi (December 20, 1843, Heves

Heves

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, Hungary - February 17, 1910, Vienna) was a Jewish Hungarian journalist

Journalist

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 and author

Author

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.

He studied medicine

Medicine

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 and classical philology

Classical philology

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 in Budapest

Budapest

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 and Vienna, but soon turned to writing

Writing

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, and as of 1865 he was an active journalist and author. In 1866 he became engaged as a contributor to the "Pester Lloyd

Pester Lloyd

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", and later to the "Breslauer Zeitung", for which publications he wrote humorous feuilleton

Feuilleton

Feuilleton was originally a kind of supplement attached to the political portion of French newspapers, consisting chiefly of non-political news and gossip, literature and art criticism, a chronicle of the latest fashions, and epigrams, charades and other literary trifles...

s. In 1875 Hevesi settled in Vienna and became the associate editor for the art department of the Wiener "Fremden-Blatt". He also wrote dramatic criticisms on the performances in the Hofburgtheater. During 1871-74 he edited "Kleine Leute", a journal for the young. The first 7 volumes of the journal originated exclusively from his pen. In conjunction with a few friends he founded the Hungarian

Hungary

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 humor publication "Borsszem Jankó", which soon became a popular journal.

Literature

• Sármány Ilona: Ludwig Hevesi. In: Alte und Moderne Kunst. Wien 1985. Heft. 203. S. 30-31.
• Sármány Ilona: Hevesi Lajos Tárcái a magyar festészetről az 1888-1896 közötti időszakban. (Die Kritiken Ludwig Hevesis über die ungarische Malerei zwischen 1888 und 1896) in Ars Hungarica. Budapest, 1990/1. S. 235-240.
• Ilona Sármány-Parsons: Ludwig Hevesi und die Rolle der Kunstkritik zwischen 1889 und 1997. in: Acta Historia Artium. Budapest, 1990/92. S. 3-28.
• Ilona Sármány-Parsons: Art Criticism and the Construction of National Heritage. in: National Heritage- National Canon . Mihály Szegedi-Maszák (eds). Collegium Budapest Workshop Series No.11. Budapest 2001. S. 37-52.
• Ilona Sármány-Parsons; Ludwig Hevesi 1842-1910 Die Schaffung eines Kanons der österreichischen Kunst 1. Teil: Frühe Jahre und Wegbereiter. in: ÖGL ( Österreich in Geschichte und Literatur) 47. Jg. 2003. Heft 6. S. 342-358.
• Ilona Sármány-Parsons: Ludwig Hevesi 1943-1910 Die Schaffung eines kanons der österreichischen Kunst. 2.Teil Frühe Kritiken und Feuilletons. In: Österreich in Geschichte und Literatur . 48. Jg. 2004. Heft 6. 338-355.
• Ilona Sármány-Parsons: Ludwig Hevesi – Die Schaffung eines Kanons der österreichischen Kunst. 3.teil. In. Österreich in Geschichte und Literatur. 50. Jg. Nr.1-2. 16-30.
• Sármány-Parsons Ilona: A modern magyar festők első kiállitása Bécsben. ( Die erste Ausstellung moderner Maler in Wien ) In: „A feledés árja alól új földeket hóditok vissza“ Irások Timár Àrpád tiszteletére. MTA Művészettöténeti Kutatóintézet, Mission Art Galléria. Budapest 2009. 173-184.
• Ilona Sármány-Parsons: The Art Criticism of Ludwig Hevesi in the Age of Historicism. In: Austrian Studies Vol 16. (208) 87-104.