Adolf Fényes

Adolf Fényes, originally Fischmann (29 April 1867, Kecskemét – 14 March 1945, Budapest) was a Hungarian painter of Jewish ancestry.

He is best known for his cycle of paintings; The Life of a Poor Man and a series of still-lifes, done as table settings.

He spent the year 1900 travelling through Italy and France, then became one of the founders of the Szolnok Art Colony [hu].

During the short-lived Hungarian Soviet Republic, he served as a member of the "Artistic Executive Committee".

When the Arrow Cross Party took power, he was forced to enter the Budapest Ghetto and barely survived the Siege.