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Jakob Laub is a Hungarian filmmaker and painter. His work reflects the influences of the Post-War artistic movements.

1930 born in Vaskút, Bács-Kiskun, Hungary

1944 the family fled the war front to Hidas, the place of origin of the Laub family

1945 drafted into the military service in Sankt Lambrecht to build a position

1949-1951 Period of master school for painting with Prof. Rudolf Szyszkowitz

1951 Started studying at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna as a student of Prof. Albert Paris Gütersloh

1960 Graduates from Centro Sperimentale di Cinematographia in Rome acquiring a diploma in film and TV directing

1961 Becomes freelance painter and director in Vienna

1995 Establishes his own studio in Bonn for painting and video production

“You don't have to understand art. It is enough to surrender to it and let it affect you. All knowledge goes through the process of perception and letting it work. Understanding art is a challenge through seeing. ”

caring for the sick
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Detail of fresco presenting the visit to the sick.

© athina’s 2020

Fresco of visiting the sick and clothe the naked.

Jakob Laub

Painter, Film Director

1957-1993, St. Joseph’s Church, Bad Schwanberg, Styria, Austria. Jakob Laub’s larger scale of frescoes (approx. 800 m²) with themes of salvation history, from Genesis to the Last Judgment

“Anatol”, short film based on Arthur Schnitzler’s work, St. Stephan, Vienna, Austria

 

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