István Farkas: A Lost Voice of the École de Paris István Farkas, a name largely absent from mainstream art history for decades, represents a poignant and compelling story of artistic talent tragically cut short by the horrors of the Holocaust. Born in Budapest in 1887 into a family deeply rooted in publishing—his father, József Wolfner, was the founder of Singer and Wolfner – Farkas’s early life was marked by both privilege and profound loss. The untimely death of his mother at just four years old shaped his perspective, leading him to adopt the name “Farkas,” a wolf, reflecting a sense of…