László Mednyánszky

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Baron László Mednyánszky, also known by his Latinized name Ladislaus Josephus Balthasar Eustachius Mednyánszky (Slovak: Ladislav Medňanský; 23 April 1852 – 17 April 1919), was a Slovak–Hungarian painter and philosopher, considered one of the most enigmatic figures in the history of Hungarian art. Despite an aristocratic background, he spent most of his life moving around Europe working as an artist. Mednyánszky spent considerable periods in seclusion but mingled with people across society – in the aristocracy, art world, peasantry and army – many of whom became the subjects of his paintings. His most important works depict scenes of nature and poor, working people, particularly from his home region in the Kingdom of Hungary. He is also known as a painter of scenes from Upper Hungarian/Slovak folklore.

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Mednyánszky was born in Beckó, Kingdom of Hungary, Austrian Empire (present-day Beckov, Slovakia), to Eduárd Mednyánszky and Mária Anna Mednyánszky (née Szirmay), both of whom came from landowning families. He came from a Hungarian noble family. Some say he was of Slovak origin; However, according to others, he was born into a Hungarian family with Polish and Hungarian ancestry. One of his grandmothers, Eleonora Richer, was of French origin. His native language was Hungarian and it is not known whether he could speak Slovak. Mednyánszky's family moved in 1861 to the chateau of his grandfather, Baltazár Szirmay, at Nagyőr (Strážky), near Szepesbéla (Spišská Belá, now in northeastern Slovakia). This was to be the setting for many of his works. Mednyánszky met the Austrian artist Thomas Ender in 1863 when Ender visited the chateau. Ender took an interest in Mednyánszky's early efforts at drawing, lending his assistance to improve Mednyánszky's skills. Mednyánszky attended a grammar school in Késmárk (Kežmarok), near his home, then attended the Akademie der Bildenden Künste (Academy of Fine Arts) in Munich in 1872–1873. Dissatisfied in Munich, he moved to Paris to attend the École des Beaux-Arts. After the death of his professor, Isidore Pils, in 1875, Mednyánszky…Citește mai mult

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Political views He tried to establish an association against the Pan-Slav agitators with the Hungarian politician Béla Grünwald. Grünwald banned Matica Slovenska. The articles of association of this organization were written by Mednyánszky. This association had a few thousand members.

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Mednyánszky's works were largely in the Impressionist tradition, with influences from Symbolism and Art Nouveau. His works depict landscape scenes of nature, the weather and everyday, poor people such as peasants and workmen. The region of his birth, the northeastern part of the Kingdom of Hungary, part of Austria-Hungary, was the site and subject of many of his paintings; scenes from the Carpathian Mountains and the Hungarian Plains are numerous. He also painted portraits of his friends and family, and images of soldiers during the First World War whilst working as a war correspondent. His works are currently displayed in the Slovak National Gallery in Bratislava and Strážky chateau, which was donated to SNG by his niece Margit Czóbel in 1972. Many of his works are displayed in the Hungarian National Gallery in Budapest as well. A large number of his works were destroyed during the Second World War. In 2004 a New York gallery was host to a show of about seventy 19th- and early 20th-century Hungarian paintings, and a few works on paper, from the collection of Nicholas Salgo, a former United States ambassador to Hungary. The exhibition's title, Everywhere a Foreigner and Yet Nowhere a Stranger, was…Citește mai mult

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Night Travellers at a Cross (Nocni Putnici pri Krizi, 1880) (Tempera on panel, 244 cm × 94.5 cm, Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava)

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Osiery with Cows (c. 1880) (Oil on canvas, 40 × 60 cm, Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest)

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Watering (c. 1880) (Oil on canvas, 114 × 201 cm, Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest)

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Fishing on the Tisza (after 1880) (Oil on canvas, 153.5 × 49 cm, Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest)

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Waterside Scene in Luminescent Haze (Oil on canvas, 29.5 × 48 cm, Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest)

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Old Tramp (1880s) (Oil on wood, 17.5 x 13 cm, Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest)

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Head of a Boy (c. 1890) (Oil on wood, 41 × 31 cm, Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest)

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View of the Forest (1890–91) (Oil on wood, 32.5 × 22,5 cm, Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest)

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Trees with Hoar-frost (c. 1892) (Oil on canvas, 36.5 × 29 cm, Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest)

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Under the Cross (c. 1892) (Oil on canvas, 34 × 50 cm, Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest)

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Head of a Tramp (c. 1896) (Oil on wood, 45 × 34.5 cm, Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest)