Landori, Eva, 1912-1987 : Eva Landori was born in Budapest in 1912. While still in Hungary, she studied at the Jaschik Academy, and worked as a theatre decorator, illustrator and designer, contributing work to various Hungarian newspapers. After the Second World War, she and her husband fled Hungary and settled in Paris where she studied at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière. It was there that she began to paint in oils. Her first exhibition was at the Galerie Ariel in Paris. In 1951 the Landoris emigrated to Canada, settling in Montréal where Eva Landori would live out the rest of her life.
In Canada, Landori became best known as a printmaker. She returned to Paris in 1959, 1961 and 1964 to further her studies at the Atelier de Gravure Friedlander. She was a member of the Society of Canadian Painter-Etchers and Engravers, 1961-1976, and the Canadian Society of Graphic Art, 1972-1976 (and joined the Print and Drawing Council of Canada when it was formed by the amalgamation of the former two in 1976). She was the first Vice-President of the Society of Canadian Painter-Etchers and Engravers, 1963-1975, and Chairman of its Québec Committee, 1966-1975. She was instrumental in restructuring the Society into a bilingual organization. Responsible for most of the Society's Montréal exhibitions, she organized the Salon International de la Gravure at the Musée des beaux-arts in 1971. Landori was also a member of the Société des graveurs du Québec, 1972-1987.
Landori exhibited widely after moving to Canada. Her first show was at the Robertson Gallery in Ottawa, and was represented by the Galerie Agnès Lefort in Montréal from 1955 to 1962. She had her own exhibitions at the Musée des beaux-arts in Montréal (with artists Betty Goodwin and Marjorie Winslow), as well as showing annually in its Spring Shows. She also exhibited annually in the Society of Canadian Painter-Etchers and Engravers shows. Her work was sent to international exhibitions in Barcelona (1964), Sao Paulo (1968), Budapest (1968), Ljubljana (1969), Paris (1969), Cracow (1970) and Leipzig (1971). A limited edition of her prints was published as "Poèmes et Gravures" (Paris 1964). Landori won the Prix de la Société, Société des arts plastiques du Québec in 1956, and the Printmakers of Canada award in 1964. In addition, she received a gold medal from the Accademia Italia delle Arti e del Lavoro, Parma in 1980. She died in 1987.
Landori's work is held in many public collections, including the Musée des beaux-arts, Montréal, Musée du Québec, Simon Fraser University, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, Library of Congress, Washington, and Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest. She is also represented in major private collections, including the C.I.L. and Lavelin Collections.