Courthouse waiting room
Isidor Kaufmann · 1887
Why it's great
People wait quietly in a courthouse hall, looking tired and worried. Isidor Kaufmann was a Hungarian Jewish artist who painted Jewish life in Eastern Europe with warmth. This early work shows his talent for painting real people in everyday places. It reminds us how artists record everyday life.
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Isidor Kaufmann was born in Arad, then part of Hungary, to a Jewish family and trained in Vienna. He is best known for his warm, realistic portraits of Jewish people and religious scenes in Eastern Europe. He lived and worked in Vienna for much of his life. He died there in 1921.
