Agoston ACS
(Budapest 1889 - Budapest 1947)
Painter and goldsmith. At the Academy of Applied Arts he was studying under the guidance of professors Samu HIBJAN and Istvan GROH. Agoston ACS held exhibitions in the Art Gallery several times.The main subjects of his paintings were the country life and the Hungarian lands.
(Source: "Biographical Encyclopedia of Hungarian Painters and Graphic Artists"-1997)

Arpad BASCH
(Pest 1873 - Budapest 1944)
Painter and graphic artist. From his long study tour he returned home in 1896.He made several illustrations and posters. He was one of the acknowledged masters of Hungarian graphic art. He held collected exhibition of his works in 1922 in the Art Gallery and in 1925 and 1927 in the National Saloon.
Source: "Databank of Hungarian Painters and Graphic Artists" - Szeged,1988)

Antal BERKES
(Budapest 1874 - Budapest 1938)
He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts between 1889-1894. First he was painting mainly landscapes, later on, he was making street scenes of Pest. Later on he changed to "mass production" meeting the requirements of the art-dealers of his age. His painting "Hungaria Street" can be seen in the Hungarian National Gallery.
(Source: "Databank of Hungarian Painters and Graphic Artists" - Szeged,1988)

Hermina BRUCK
(Pest, 1865 - Budapest, 1944)
She studied in Budapest and in Munich. She exhibited her still lifes and landscapes in Budapest as from 1892. In 1913 she won a silver medal on the exhibition of Hungarian Lady Artists Association.
(Source: "Databank of Hungarian Painters and Graphic Artists" - Szeged,1988)

Karoly CSERNA
(Kunszentmiklos 1867 - Budapest, 1944)
Painter and illustrator. After finishing the School of Model Drawing he made illustrations. In 1903 he went to a painting study tour to Munich. Having returned home he painted still-lives, portraits, as well as water-colours of various parts of Budapest. Several of his works are held in the Budapest Historical Museum, the Historical Picture Gallery and in the Hungarian National Gallery.
(Source: "Databank of Hungarian Painters and Graphic Artists" - Szeged, 1988)

Adrienne DEAK (Mrs.Hencz)
(Budapest, 1890 - Budapest, 1956)
At the Academy of Fine Arts she was the student of Lajos Deak-Ebner and Istvan Bosznay. Later she studied animal drawing under the guidance of Ferenc Marton. In summer she worked at the Sarospatak and Jaszapati artists¹ colonies. In 1938 she won the "Halmos" Genre-Painting prize. Her oil painting having the title "Still Life" is owned by the Hungarian National Gallery.
Source: "Databank of Hungarian Painters and Graphic Artists"- Szeged,1988)

Artur FERRARIS
(Galkowitz 1856 - )
Painter. He studied in Paris, then made a tour to Egypt. He exhibited his works often in Paris, Vienna and Budapest. He made mainly genre paintings and portraits. He settled in Budapest and became the favourite portrait painter of the aristokracy.
(Source: "Biographical Encyclopedia of Hungarian Painters and Graphic Artists" - 1997)

Pal FRIED
(Budapest 1893 - ) He studied in Budapest from Hugo Poll and in Paris. His fully coloured oriental pastels were exhibited in the Art Gallery. He painted mainly sensual nudes, portraits and exotic pictures meeting the requirements and taste of the upper middle-class. In 1947 he was invited to the New York Academy of Fine Arts to be a teacher. He attracted attention with his rather impressive portraits of popular movie actresses.
(Source: "Databank of Hungarian Painters and Graphic Artists" - Szeged, 1988)

Jeno FRIEDLINGER
(Orsova, Krasso-Szöreny county, 1890 - )
He performed his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts where Ede Ballo and Tivadar Zemplenyi were his masters. As from 1913 he exhibited mainly portraits on various exhibitions.
(Source: "Databank of Hungarian Painters and Graphic Artists" - Szeged, 1988)

Richard GEIGER
(Ungvar, 1882 - as per other resources Vienna, 1872 - Budapest, 1945)
He performed his studies in Vienna and moved to Budapest in 1903. He designed several posters, invitation cards to balls, book illustrations and ex-libris. He worked also for the Kner printing house at Gyoma. On the exhibitions of the Art Gallery and the National Saloon he participated with portraits, landscapes and genre paintings. During World War I. he worked for the Tolnai World Journal as an illustrator. He had been to Paris, as well, where he painted mainly the tramps¹ life. He won several prizes on various graphic competitions.
(Source: "Databank of Hungarian Painters and Graphic Artists" - Szeged, 1988)

Imre GERGELY
(Pest, 1868 -... )
After finishing the School of Model Drawing he studied in Vienna and Munich, and then, as from 1892 he was regularly exhibiting his Italian landscapes, street scenes, colourful pictures depicting flowers, and those of the Tunis fairs full of feeling in the Art Gallery. In 1911 for his painting "Fair on the Franz Joseph Quay" he was awarded a Torley prize in the National Saloon. Some of his paintings (Astrik Delivers the Crown, Bethlen Receiving Foreign Ministers, The fall of Ottokar, The Torda Diet) are now owned be the Hungarian National Gallery.
(Source: "Databank of Hungarian Painters and Graphic Artists" - Szeged, 1988)

Adolf HANDMANN
(Hernadi) (Kassa 1873 - )
He studied in the School of Model Drawing. He exhibited his works in the Art Gallery and in the National Saloon. He settled down in Eger.
(Source: Biographical Encyclopedia of Hungarian Painters and Graphic Artists - 1997)

Artur HEYER Ede Karoly
(Thuringien 1872 - Budapest 1931)
He performed his studies in the School of Applied Arts in Berlin under Koch Max. The artists came to Hungary in 1882. First he became known as a graphic artist and made book illustrations. He held the first collected exhibition of his works in 1906. He was one of the permanent exhibitors of the Art Gallery and the National Saloon. In 1909 he held collected exhibitions of his works in Weimar, Gotha and in the Munich Kunstverein. In 1911 he won the "Count ANDRASSY Prize" and made a study tour to Holland, Vienna and Munich. In 1929 he held an exhibition in the National Saloon (in Budapest). He made a lot of paintings of animals.
(Source: Benezit 5/532 and "Databank of Hungarian Painters and Graphic Artists" - Szeged, 1988)

Gabriella ISTVANFFY (Mrs RAINER)
(Budapest 1875 - Budapest 1964)
She exhibited mainly paintings of animals at the Art Gallery and in the National Saloon. After 1945 she made a lot of paintings of animals for the Ministry of Agriculture.
(Source: Biographical Encyclopedia of Hungarian Painters and Graphic Artists - 1997)

Jeno KARPATHY
(Debrecen, 1870 - Budapest, 1950)
J. Karpathy performed his studies under the guidance of Bertalan Szekely in Budapest, and then in Paris and Brussels. He was living and exhibiting in Belgium for two and a half decades. When World War I. broke out he returned home. In 1919 and 1921 he exhibited in the National Saloon, in 1924 in the Art Gallery and in 1940 he held collected exhibition of his realistic Œplein air¹ works in Debrecen (together with Peter Szule). His paintings "Rainy Weather at Dunaföldvar² and 'Spring" are owned by the Hungarian National Gallery.
(Source: Databank of Hungarian Painters and Graphic Artists - Szeged, 1988)

Endre KOMAROMI-KACZ
(Rev-Komarom 1880 - Balatonalmadi 1969)
He studied at the School of Model Drawing, then in Munich and at Nagybanya. His masters were Ede BALLO, Simon HOLLOSY and Gyula BENCZUR. Thanks to receiving a scholarship E. Komaromi Kacz made a study-tour to Belgium and Holland. In 1908 he opened an own atelier. He was a permanent exhibitor in the Art Gallery and on various foreign exhibitons representing Hungarian art. He was painting portraits, genre paintings, deeply toned interiors, figural compositions and landscapes. In 1918 he had a collected exhibition in the National Saloon. He was highly interested in astrology and music, and even published numerous astrological articles. In 1924 he organized an exhibition of his collected paintings in the Art Gallery. He was awarded many prizes. Some of his works are owned by the Hungarian National Gallery.
(Source:'Databank of Hungarian Painters and Graphic Artists' - Szeged, 1988)

Alfred LAKOS
(Szekesfehervar 1870 - Budapest 1961)
A. Lakos studied under the guidance of Simon HOLLOSY and Bertalan SZEKELY. First he was making mainly illustrations and caricatures, but later he was engaged exclusively in painting. He exhibited his works in the Art Gallery and in the National Saloon. He painted figural pictures connected with Jewish religion (rabbi portraits...) and still lives with old books.
(Source: "Databank of Hungarian Painters and Graphic Artists" - Szeged, 1988)

Gyula MADARASZ
(Pest, 1858 - Budapest, 1931)
Gyula Madarasz was an ornithologist, painter and illustrator. He started to study painting from Antal Ligeti. His pictures depicting landscapes and birds were exhibited in the Art Gallery and in the National Saloon. He himself illustrated his significant work written about the birds of Hungary.
(Source: "Databank of Hungarian Painters and Graphic Artists" - Szeged,1988)

Ilonka MEZEY
(Esztergom 1883 -... )
She studied in Munich under Simon Hollosy, in Dachau, at Heyek and in Budapest from Ferenc Szablya-Frischauf. She made portraits, landscapes and still lifes. She exhibited her paintings in the Art Gallery and in the National Saloon from 1913 on.
(Source: "Biographical Encyclopedia of Hungarian Painters and Graphic Artists" - 1997)

Janos MOLNAR Z.
(Cservenka, Bacs-Bodrog county 1880 - Godollo 1960)
He was studying in Munich, Rome, Naples and Paris. Upon returning home he settled at Godollo. As from 1911 he exhibited mainly still lifes of flowers and fruits in the Art Gallery and the National Saloon.
(Source: "Databank of Hungarian Painters and Graphic Artists" - Szeged,1988)

Vilmos NAGY
(Budapest 1874 - Budapest 1953)
He performed his studies in Budapest and in Munich. He was the student of Karoly Lotz. His interiors, scene illustrations reminding of the Benczur school were exhibited in the Art Gallery. Several of his paintings are owned by the Hungarian National Gallery. For his painting “The Youth² he was awarded a gold medal in London in 1908, and in 1921 he won the prize of the Minister of Education for his picture “Interior².
(Source: Benezit 7/643 "Databank of Hungarian Painters and Graphic Artists ² ­ Szeged,1988)

Antal NEOGRADY
(Galsa 1861 - Alag 1942)
Antal Neogrady studied at the School of Model Drawing under Janos Greguss, then in the Munich academy. He took part in exhibitions from 1888 mostly with his watercolours. Between 1893 - 1931 he taught watercolour painting at the Academy of Fine Arts. In 1904 he exhibited in Budapest, and then, in 1908 in Arad. Several watercolours of Antal Neogrady can be found at the Hungarian National Gallery and his self-portrait is exhibited in the Historical Picture-Gallery.
(Source: Benezit 7/684 and ²Databank of Hungarian Painters and Graphic Artists" - Szeged,1988)

Laszlo NEOGRADY
(Budapest 1896 - Budapest 1962)
He was the son of Antal Neogrady. At the Academy of Fine Arts Laszlo Neogrady was the student of Ede Ballo. His naturalistic landscapes and portraits were exhibited in the Art Gallery as from 1922. One of his most famous paintings is the portrait of his mother.
(Source: "Databank of Hungarian Painters and Graphic Artists" - Szeged,1988)

Viktor OLGYAI
(Iglo, Szepes county, 1870 - Salzburg, Austria 1929)
Besides theology and philosophy he was most imressed by painting, therefore, in 1891 he attended the Vienese Academy. In 1894 he exhibited an oil painting, then in 1897 his album under the title "WINTER" consisting of 10 copper engravings caused a sensation. In 1903 and 1906 the Esterhazy Prize was awarded to one of his watercolours, and in 1909 he received the Prize of the Society of Fine Arts. Olgyai was the chairman of the Hungarian Copper Engraving Artists' Association and as an art teacher he was working at the Academy of Fine Arts. He was one of the pioneers of the Hungarian reproductive graphics. In 1929 a commemorational exhibition was held in the Art Gallery from his works. Several of his works are held by the Hungarian National Gallery.
(Source: "Databank of Hungarian Painters and Graphic Artists" - Szeged,1988)

Bela PALLIK
(Nagymihaly, Zemplen county 1845 - Budapest 1908)
He studied painting in Vienna and Munich, however, he was also acting as an opera singer in Germany and at Tata. Besides portraits (those of counts Elemer Batthyyany and Istvan Karolyi) he bacame a popular and sought after painter with his sheep pictures, these were considered as the best realistic pictures due to which he was awarded with several prizes. Several of his paintings, e.g. Sheep's head, The Hungry, Lake Velence, etc. are now owned by the Hungarian National Gallery. He was sponsored, among others, by count Janos Waldstein, and count Istvan Szechenyi. His commemorational exhibition was held in 1908 in the Art Gallery.
(Source: Benezit 8/94 and "Databank of Hungarian Painters and Graphic Artists" - Szeged,1988)

Emil PAP
(Szolnok 1884 -... )
He was studying in Budapest. His naturalistic genre paintings were exhibited from 1905. He made also portraits (e.g. that of Gyula Andrassy). In 1921 he had a one-man collective exhibition in the Art Gallery.
(Source: Benezit 8/116 and ²Databank of Hungarian Painters and Graphic Artists" - Szeged,1988)

Antal PECZELY
(Budapest 1891 -... )
He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Budapest and then worked as an art teacher. He was painting regularly from 1924 on, but was dealing with graphics and illustrations, as well. He was regularly exhibiting in the Art Gallery and the National Saloon, and was one of the founders of the Artists' Colony at Gyula.
(Source: "Databank of Hungarian Painters and Graphic Artists² - Szeged,1988)

Janos PENTELEI-MOLNAR
(Dunapentele, 1878 - Bekesgyula, 1924)
Painter. He studied in Munich, Paris and in Budapest. He achieved great success with his still lifes. He was the president of the Benczur Society. He won several prizes and medals. (Wahrmann-prize in 1908, Rudics-prize in 1909, State little gold medal in 1910, Gold medal of the Kunstlerhaus in Vienna, State big gold medal in 1915). He held a collected exhibition of his works in 1907 in the Konyves Kalman Saloon and in 1920 in the Ernst Museum. Several of his works are owned by the Hungarian National Gallery.
(Source: ³Biographical Encyclopedia of Hungarian Painters and Graphic Artists" - 1997)

Arpad ROMEK
(Budapest 1883 - Budapest 1960)
He studied on the Academy of Fine Arts under the guidance of Ede Ballo and Laszlo Hegedus. With the scholarship of baron Kohner he performed studies at Szolnok. His works can be found in the capital's collection, as well as in the galleries of Bombay, Transwal, Belfast and Glasgow. He was the representative of naturalistic still life painting. Some of his pictures are held in the British Museum, in the Dutch Royal Museum, as well as in the American Art Museum. His pictures - Still life with Book and Old Kitchen can be seen in the Hungarian National Gallery.
(Source: "Biographical Encyclopedia of Hungarian Painters and Graphic Artists" - 1997)

Mark RUBOVICS
(Pest 1867 - Budapest 1947)
He continued his studies started in the School of Model Drawing in Vienna and Paris. Upon returning home in 1891 - together with Sandor Bihari and Bertalan Karlovszky - he opened a painters¹ school. He was painting small, naturalistic genre-paintings and still-lives worked out in great detail. In 1912, 1921 and 1929 he held collective exhibitions of his works in the National Saloon.
(Source: "Databank of Hungarian Painters and Graphic Artists" -Szeged,1988)

Maria SZANTHO
(Szeged, 1902 - ) She studied painting from Geza Kukan. She made study tours to Italy and France and had exhibitions as from 1925. She had a collected exhibition in Budapest, in 1936. First she wanted to become a musician and so music always appears in the atmosphere and colours of her paintings, too. Hedonism of Lotz and joie de vivre of Benczur are combined in her lady figures, idyllic environment of which is further enhanced by musical accord of rich draperies and colours. She is a characteristic and consistent representative of naturalistic painting.
(Source: "Databank of Hungarian Painters and Graphic Artists" - Szeged,1988)

Zsigmond TORDAI-SZEKELY Zs.
Tordai-Szekely was active between 1920-1945.
He painted mainly still lifes and landscapes. His favourite subject was the Gödöllo-park. A lot of paintings of Zs. Tordai-Szekely were sold by Mr. Solymosi, art-dealar. (Source: Data base of the Hungarian National Gallery) Geza VASTAGH (Kolozsvar 1866 - Budapest 1919) He was the son of György VASTAGH, sen. He studied in Munich. He participated in the exhibitions of the Art Gallery mainly with his paintings depicting animals. In 1920 an exhibition was held in the Art Gallery from his inheritance. Several of his works are held in the Hungarian National Gallery and some painting are owned by the Agricultural Museum.
(Source: "Databank of Hungarian Painters and Graphic Artists" - Szeged,1988)

Bertalan VIGH
(Rimaszombat, Gömör-Kishont county, 1890 -...)
He performed his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts under the guidance of Laszlo Hegedus, Ede Ballo and Karoly Ferenczy. He won the scholarship of Gömör county. As a prisoner of war he got to Turkestan, the colorful dresses of the people thereof exercised a great influence of his coloristic style. While being a prisoner he made a career and became the portrait painter of the Russian social life. In the center of his works there is the beautiful woman surrounded by colorful drapery and the atmosphere of his paintings is further enhanced by the watercolour-like easy-flowing painting mood.
(Source: "Databank of Hungarian Painters and Graphic Artists" - Szeged,1988)

Janos VISKI
(Szokolya, Hont county 1891 -... )
At the Academy of Fine Arts he studied under the guidance of Tivadar Zemplenyi. He made study tours to France and several towns of South America. He exhibited his paintings as from 1913. Being deeply affected by the characters and movement of animals he was painting mainly animals, and was interested in the problems of motions and forms, as well as in colour effects of the open-air light. His most frequent model was the Horse. His art sets out of nature, he remains close to their forms, still, his pictures show individual strength with an impressionist effect.
(Source: Benezit 10/536 and "Databank of Hungarian Painters and Graphic Artists" - Szeged,1988)

Gyula ZORKOCZY
(Nagyroce 1873 - )
He studied at the School of Model Drawing where he obtained a diploma in art teaching and in the meantime his master was Bertalan Szekely. From 1907 on he exhibited brightly coloured naturalistic landscapes in the Art Gallery and the National Saloon.
(Source: Benezit 10/918 and "Databank of Hungarian Painters and Graphic Artists" - Szeged,1988)