Jenő Barcsay

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Jenő

Jenő Barcsay (14 January 1900 – 2 April 1988) was a Hungarian painter with Armenian ancestry.

Jenő Barcsay a adăugat o fotografie

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R.I.P
Jenő

His life Born in Katona, Hungary in 1900. On his mother's side, he is a descendant of the noble Armenian Kápdebó family from Transylvania. His mother, Irén Kápdebó, gave birth to ten children, six of them passed away in a very young age. His younger brother, a doctor, died of pneumonia at the age of 24. Although he was a late descendant of a Transylvanian noble family, he grew up in poverty. His father (notary Boldizsár Barcsay) and one of his sisters suffered from mental illness, and his father later committed suicide. His father wanted to turn him into a military officer, but he himself preferred to become a musician, taking piano lessons in Marosvásárhely. In the meantime, he was a private tutor in Nyárádszentandrás and obtained a teacher's and cantor's certificate. His painting talent was discovered by teacher Károly Gulyás, who recommended him to Sándor Illyés Soófalvy. The rich Transylvanian gentleman undertook the costs of his education in Budapest, but could only support him for one year, because he lost his fortune in the economic crisis after World War I. In 1918, Barcsay was drafted to the army, but he was discharged due to pneumonia. In 1919, he went…Citește mai mult