Pál Szinyei Merse
Painting, Visual Artist
1845 – 1920
Who was Pál Szinyei Merse?
Pál Szinyei Merse was a Hungarian painter and politician.
Born in Szinyeújfalu, Hungary, he learned painting at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich under Karl von Piloty. He was a friend of Wilhelm Leibl and Hans Makart. His are some of the earliest works of Impressionism in Hungary and Central Europe.
At the 1873 World's Fair in Vienna he won a medal with his painting Bath House.
Szinyei was also an active politician. He was elected to the parliament of Hungary where he fought for the modernization of art education. He died on 2 February 1920, just four months and two days before the Trianon treaty, in Jarovnice, which passed the town and all what is now known as Slovakia to the newly formed Czechoslovakia.
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- Born
- Jul 4, 1845
Chminianska Nová Ves - Also known as
- Pal Szinyei Merse
- Parents
- Spouses
- Zsófia Probstner
(1873/10/15 - )
- Zsófia Probstner
- Children
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Hungary
- Profession
- Education
- Academy of Fine Arts, Munich
(1864 - )
- Academy of Fine Arts, Munich
- Died
- Feb 2, 1920
Jarovnice
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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