George Mayer-Marton (1897 – 1960) - Hungarian artist

self portrait

While researching yesterday, I found a Hungarian artist who served in WW1 - George Mayer-Marton (3 June 1897 – 8 August 1960) - a Hungarian artist who was a significant figure in Viennese art between the First and Second World Wars, working in oil, watercolour and graphics. 

Mayer-Marton was born György, or Georg in German, in Győr, Kingdom of Hungary in 1897, and grew up during the final years of Austro-Hungary. He served in the Austro-Hungarian Army during the First World War. From 1919 to 1924 he studied art at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, and also visited Ravenna in Italy

Following his emigration to England in 1938, he changed the spelling of his forename to George on British naturalization. He continued to paint in watercolour and oil. He pioneered the technique of Byzantine mosaic in the UK. In 1952, he took up the post of Senior Lecturer in the department of painting at the Liverpool College of Art and introduced the new subject of mural art.  I could not find any WW1 paintings by him but I feel he should be remembered.