Géza Vastagh

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Géza

Géza Jenő Ferenc Vastagh (3 September 1866, in Kolozsvár – 5 November 1919, in Budapest) was a Hungarian painter; specializing in animals.

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Life and work His father, György Vastagh, was a painter. His brother, György, became a sculptor; as did his niece, Éva, and his nephew, László. After studying at a Piarist secondary school in Budapest, he went to Munich in 1886. There, he enrolled at a private school, operated by Simon Hollósy, followed by studies at the Academy of Fine Arts under Gabriel von Hackl. In 1887, he held his first exhibition at the Glaspalast. That same year his painting, "Resting Peasant", was purchased by Emperor Franz Joseph I. The following year, he returned briefly to Budapest, then made a study trip to France. During this period, he sent many of his works to England and the United States. His interests later turned to animals; notably cattle. His painting "Ki a legény a csordában?" (Who is the Bachelor of the Herd?), was awarded a gold medal and made into an etching by Jenő Doby. He created several huge canvases on related themes. In 1898, a state scholarship enabled him to spend four months in Algeria and Tunisia, where he studied lions, their habits and living conditions; taking photographs as well as making sketches. After the turn of the century, he made…Citește mai mult

Géza Vastagh a adăugat o fotografie

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Géza

Sources Lyka Károly: Festészeti életünk a millenniumtól az első világháborúig (Our paintings from the Millennium to the First World War). Corvina, 1983 ISBN 978-963-13-1632-2 Seregélyi György (ed.), Magyar festők és grafikusok adattára (Database of Hungarian Painters and Graphic Artists), self-published, 1988 ISBN 978-963-500-817-9 "Géza Vastagh", in: Erdélyi Művészet (Transylvanian Art), 2016 (Online)