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Sandor Jaray was born in 1870 in Temesvar, son of Sigmund Jaray. Around 1905 he married to Karoline von Nagy-Buck, and his only son Stephan was born in 1906 in Berlin. In 1936 Karoline died and shortly after he married Lea Bondi.
Many artists were coming on stream by 1900 headed by Gustav Klimt and the secession movement. Students from the Art Academy, often taught by architect Otto Wagner, were making statements. Artists like Klimt, Schiele, Olbrich, Hoffmann, Gerstl, and among them were also included Sigmund‘s two sons Max and Sandor Jaray. Max attended the Academy with some distinction in 1887 and Sandor Jr. won a scholarship with his statue „Somnambule“ in 1899 allowing him to study a year in Rome. Sandor exhibited his works widely at the time, sculpting busts in marble, bronze and wood.

Sandor Jaray Jun. (1870 Temesvar - 1943 London)

His life size bronze

of actor Josef Kainz sculpted in 1911 is located in the 18th district at Josef-Kainz-Platz, opposite the Türkenschanzpark. His marble monument of Franz Liszt is located in Eisenstadt. He currently has a monument to Theodor Herzl located at the entrance to the Tel Aviv Law School, and his beloved sculpture „To Zion“ currently stands a the entrance of The Museum of Art, Bin Harod, Israel.
The Nazis confiscated Sandor‘s studio in 1938 and aryanized the gallery he and his wife Lea owned in 1939. Sandor‘s son Stephan was arrested and sent to Dachau and later to Buchenwald. Fortunately he was released after 9 months on a sponsored visa the family was able to arrange for him and his wife Molly to Australia. Sandor with his second wife and long time companion Lea Bondi fled to London. Sandor died in exile July 1943. He is the only one of Sigmund and Mathilde‘s sons not currently resting in the family plot. Sandor currently rests in Golder‘s Green, London.

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