József Molnár (painter)

József Molnár (21 March 1821 – 6 March 1899) was a Hungarian painter.

Molnár was born in Zsámbék and studied in Venice, Rome and Munich.^[1] After his studies, he settled down in Stuttgart, where he earned money by painting portraits. He returned to Hungary in 1853 and started painting landscapes and historic paintings in Pest.

Molnár died in Budapest.

Gallery

Forest Creek
Kálvin tér, 1885
On the Riverside
Birdsong (The Nightingale), 1878
Binder
Death of Saint Margaret of Hungary, 1857
The Departure of Abraham, 1850

References

^ Dénes Pataky Hungarian Drawings and Water-colours 1961 p18 "Though József Molnár (1821–1899) was the romantic painter most deeply rooted in the Biedermeyer style, it was he who proceeded furthest ahead. The stages of his years of study were Vienna, Italy — where he was fascinated by Marko's art"

MOLNÁR, József

[1] Dénes Pataky Hungarian Drawings and Water-colours 1961 p18 "Though József Molnár (1821–1899) was the romantic painter most deeply rooted in the Biedermeyer style, it was he who proceeded furthest ahead. The stages of his years of study were Vienna, Italy — where he was fascinated by Marko's art"

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