The Munich Years and Prague Training Kassa, 1864. A child is born into a world that will soon see him move across borders. By 1883, the Csordák family settles in Munich, placing the young Lajos in the heart of a shifting European landscape. He begins his formal study around 1880, finding his footing in the rigorous atmosphere of the era. The path leads him to Prague, where between 1889 and 1895, he enters the Academy of Fine Arts. Here, the influence of the Czech landscape painter Julius Mařák takes hold. Under this guidance, Csordák refines a gaze for the natural world. The transition from s…