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Ferenc Joachim (1882-1964) was a Hungary|Hungarian
(Magyar) artist and painter who concentrated on
portrait and landscape painting in the media of
oil, water and pastel colors on the surfaces of
canvas, board and paper. Ferenc Joachim was born
in 1882 in Szeged, Hungary (at that time the
Austro-Hungarian Monarchy and Empire) and died in
1964 in Gyula, Hungary. In his native Hungarian
(Magyar) language the surname or family name is
listed first and therefore in his native language
usage and format his name is Joachim Ferenc.


THE WORLD HISTORY CONTEXT 

For historical perspective and context let us note
the part of the world stage on which he lived.
From the time of his birth in 1882 until 1918,
that is for the first 36 years of his life,  he
was living in the Austria-Hungary Monarchy and
Empire. He lived through World War I from 1914 to
1918. At the end of World War I, the territory of
the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy and Empire was
dissected into assorted separate countries in 1918
by the Treaty of Trianon which then defined the
borders of the present day Hungary. From
approximately 1918 to approximately 1936, that is
for the next 18 years of his life, he was living
in a constitutional monarchy of an independent
Hungary with a Regent but not an actual monarch. 
From approximately 1936 to 1944, that is for the
next 8 years of his life he was living in a
country usurped by German nazi sympathizers and
collaborators. He lived through World War II from
~1939 to 1944. Finally from 1944 to the time of
his death in 1964, that is the final 20 years of
his life, he was living under the Russian
communist invasion and occupation, interrupted
briefly by the Hungarian peoples popular uprising,
the ill-fated 1956 Hungarian Revolution of 23
October 1956. 


THE INDIVIDUAL ARTIST CONTEXT 

His signature on his paintings have occurred in
the Hungarian (Magyar) language usage format as
Joachim Ferenc, Csejtei Joachim Ferenc, and with
the abbreviation Cs for Csejtei as in Cs Joachim
Ferenc, and with the abbreviation of F for Ferenc
as in Joachim F, Csejtei Joachim F, and Cs Joachim
F. Prefixing his name with a historical castle or
city namesake such as Csejtei was a convention
customary in Hungary in the early 1900’s,
especially amongst artists. Csejtei may also have
different spellings such as Csejthey. References
to his name have occurred in cultural artistic
publications: for example in a 1910 publication of
"Művészet"
(http://www.mke.hu/lyka/09/135-144-kronika.htm)
and in a 1913 publication of "Művészet"
(http://www.mke.hu/lyka/12/234-244-kronika.htm) .
A small collection of Ferenc Joachim paintings are
still in archival repository in the "MĂłra Ferenc
MĂşzeum" in Szeged, Hungary. The present day
museum can be easily visited on the internet (
http://www.mfm.u-szeged.hu/ ), (
http://www.museum.hu/search/museum.asp?ID=283 ), (
http://www.szegedvaros.hu/index.php?oldal=galeria&
csoport_id=18 ), ( http://www.vendegvaro.hu/33-176
). For example, in the year 2000 the MĂłra Ferenc
MĂşzeum displayed on temporary exhibit a loaned
private collection which contained a Joachim
Ferenc painting titled "Boszorkánysziget".
(http://www.koi.hu/hirlev/2000/210idosz.html)  All
other paintings are in private hands, which
occasionally have appeared in public art auctions
in Hungary and the USA on the internet
(http://www.exs.hu/polgar-galeria/targy47.php3?kod
=185),
(http://www.jacksonsauction.com/past_files/images/
Nov2099/Ferenc%20Joachim.htm),
(http://www.axio.hu/index.php?action=show_live&ite
m_id=189823) . In the early part of his life he
made many trips abroad from Hungary on
scholarships to study painting in Paris, France,
and in Munich, Germany. One of his most productive
periods was on one of his sojourns to Marseilles,
France and the surrounding south-of-France
countryside and the Mediterranean seaside where he
painted over a hundred canvases. It appears that
in France his name may have been frenchified to
François Joachim and in Germany his name may have
been germanized to Franz Joachim von Csejthey. In
Hungary his residences and painting studios were
in his birthplace of Szeged and in the national
capital of Budapest. The last twenty years of his
life, from the onset of World War II to his death,
were lived in extreme adversity due to the German
nazi and then Russian communist occupations
causing deprivations of basic human dignity and
human rights, jobs, income, artistic supplies and
materials, artistic integrity. It is difficult to
imagine or sense or convey the emotionally
suffocating and intellectually numbing oppression
of these times in Hungarian history.  To simulate
the atmosphere for yourself, think of sleep
deprivation mixed with fear mixed with
hopelessness mixed with anxiety for your family
stretched out for over twenty years.


THE FAMILY CONTEXT

The parents of Ferenc Joachim were Ferenc Joachim
and Emilia Metz (or Mecz ?) of Szeged, Hungary and
he had two brothers Jozsef and Károly, and four
sisters Gizella, Mariska, Jolán, and Mici. Some
of his brothers and sisters were also artists in
their own right, for example Jozsef
(http://www.kereso.hu/yrk/Ryrgenwm/6926) was a
sculptor and painter and Gizella was a theater
stage actress. It is believed that Gizella had
lived a substantial part of her life as well as
died in Paris, France. The author of this article,
one of his grandsons, knows very little about the
personal history of Ferenc Joachim between the
time of his birth in 1882 and 1912, that is the
first 30 years of his life. It appears that Ferenc
Joachim was married twice in his life, the first
time before age 30 and the second time after age
30. His second marriage started circa 1912 with
Margit Gráf who was born in 1892 in Szőny, (or
possibly in the adjacent town of Almásfüzitő),
Hungary (at that time the Austro-Hungarian
Monarchy and Empire) and died in 1965 in Szent
Gotthard, Hungary. Margit Gráf was the daughter
of Marton Gráf and Mária Stern and she had three
brothers Moritz, Márton and Károly, and two
sisters Rozsa and Julia. Ferenc Joachim with his
wife Margit had three children: one daughter
Piroska born in 1913 in Paris, France, and two
sons, Ferenc born in 1920 in Budapest, Hungary and
Attila born in 1923 in Szeged, Hungary. Their
daughter Piroska was home schooled and privately
tutored in literature, history and the arts. 
Their son Ferenc graduated from the Eötvös
Loránd University (Eötvös Loránd
Tudományegyetem) with a "Diploma Biology" which
is the equivalent of a Master's degree in the
North American university system. Their son Attila
graduated from the Hungarian Royal Fine Arts
Professional College (Magyar Kiralyi
Képzőművészeti Főiskola) where upon
graduation he was hired as a teacher thus
beginning a career also as an artist and painter.
Tragically Attila Joachim (1923-1947) at age ~ 24
in ~ 1947, died due to injuries received at the
hands of the German nazi sympathizers and
collaborators. In fact a number of the brothers
and sisters of both Ferenc Joachim and his wife
Margit Gráf were persecuted by German nazi
sympathizers and collaborators during World War
II, or, following World War II they were
persecuted by the Russian communist sympathizers
and collaborators.
(http://www.kereso.hu/yrk/Ryrgenwm/6926) Such
brutal fates were suffered and shared by many of
the Hungarian (Magyar) population during the
invasions by the different foreign military
occupiers, their imposed dictatorial regimes, and
their imposed hatred and persecution and violence
based ideologies. His daughter Piroska had married
and had three children. His surviving son Ferenc
had married Eva Gross who was born in 1925 in
Szeged, Hungary and they had six children. Piroska
and her family and Ferenc and his family were
refugees following the Hungarian people's popular
uprising, the ill-fated 1956 Hungarian Revolution
in which Hungarian patriots and freedom fighters
attempted to bring world attention and
intervention to the foreign military invasion and
dictatorial occupation by the Russian communists.
The families were given asylum by and in Canada.
The families subsequently finally settled in the
USA. Ferenc Joachim's surviving son Ferenc died at
age ~ 62 in 1982 in Fargo, North Dakota, USA where
he used his anglicized name Frank G. Joachim.
Ferenc (Frank) G. Joachim (1920-1982) was a
biologist and entomologist with the United States
Department of Agriculture (USDA) Metabolism and
Radiation Laboratory on the campus of the North
Dakota State University at the time of his death.
The wife of Ferenc (Frank) G. Joachim, Eva died at
age 67 in 1992 in Fargo, Norh Dakota, USA. The son
Ferenc (Frank) and Eva's six children, the
grandchildren of the artist Ferenc and his wife
Margit, survive them in the USA. Ferenc Joachim's
daughter Piroska, who was a wife and mother all
her life, still survives at age ninety-two as do
all her three children, also the grandchildren of
the artist Ferenc and his wife Margit. 


THE DEATH CONTEXT

In their old age infirmity, the artist Ferenc
Joachim and his wife Margit were moved to separate
old age homes in Hungary, that is, Ferenc Joachim
was moved to Gyula (town), Hungary where he died
and was buried at age ~ 82 in 1964, and his wife
Margit was moved to Szentgotthárd (St. Gotthard
in German), Hungary where she died and was buried
at age ~ 73 in 1965. It appears that both
gravesites with their human remains have been lost
due to a combination of severe weather such as
floods and lack of continuous care. At the time of
this writing in 2005, Ferenc and Margit are
survived by their ninety-two year old daughter
Piroska, as well as by their total of nine
grandchildren. Ferenc JOACHIM's paintings survive
him in the world. 


Note: in Hungarian usage the last name or family
surname, Joachim, is written as the first part of
the complete name, that is, Joachim Ferenc.  See
"naming convention" and "name order" entries under
the personal name page here in Wikipedia.