Ervin Baktay

Ervin Baktay
Born
Ervin Gottesmann

1890 (1890)
Died1963 (aged 72–73)
OccupationWriter, painter
SubjectIndology
Relatives

Ervin Baktay (1890–1963; born Ervin Gottesmann) was an author noted for popularizing Indian culture in Hungary.

Baktay had started his career as a painter and he encouraged his niece Amrita Sher-Gil to pursue art. He gave up painting to study eastern religions and art, and became a renowned Indologist.

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