BARTHOLOMEW MAKO (1890-1970)
 "Symphony in Blue"24" x 30", Oil on Canvas 20263 |  "La Canada Foothills"16" x 20", Oil on Canvas 20257 |  "Palm Springs, 1968"10"x 14", Oil on Canvas 20246 |
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 "Planning the Future"18" x 22", Oil on Canvas 20304 |  "Home at Last"10" x 14", Oil on Board 20255 |  "Tea Time"14" x 21", Oil on Board 20094 |
 "More than a Dozen"30" x 24", Oil on Canvas 20259 |  "Sangria"18" x 22", Oil on Canvas 20258 |  "Dessert Bloom"12" x 16", Oil on Canvas, C.1969 20245 |
 2008020" x 24" Oil on Canvas 20080 |  "Seal Beach c. 1930"9 1/8" x 13 3/4", Watercolor on Paper 20091 |  "Saw Mill"6" x 20", Oil On Canvas 20256 |
 "Saugus"13" X 19", Oil on Canvas, C.1926 10981 |  "Stagecoach"22" x 32" Oil on Canvas 20100 |
Makó, Bertalan
Budapest, (1890 -1970).
Portrait painter, sculptor born on June 19, 1890 in Budapest, Hungary.
Mako studied at the Budapest Academy of Fine Arts.
He came to Los Angeles via Buenos Aires in 1923 and began a career as a freelance artist. During the 1930s he was an employee of the Federal Art Project.
He died in Desert Hot Springs, CA on Jan. 3, 1970.
Exh: Int’l Art Exhibit (Paris), 1914; La Fiesta (LA), 1931; Public Works of Art Project (LA), 1934.
Works held in Public Places: Ventura High School Auditorium (frieze & statue); Hoover School, Whittier (panel); Hollywood High School (panel); Pasadena YMCA (mural); Burbank City Hall (eagle).