Title : Mother and Child Study for Christ before Pilate
Info : Mother & Child- Study for "Christ before Pilate" (Anya Gyermekkel- Tanulmany a Krisztus Pilatus elott cimu kephez), 1880, oil on wood, Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest
Title : Mother and Child study for The Pawnbrokers Shop
Info : Mother and Child- study for "The Pawnbrokers Shop" (Anya Gyermekkel- Tanulmany a zaloghaz cimu kephez), 1873, oil on wood, Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest
Title : Seated Old Woman-Study for The Pawnbroker's Shop
Info : Seated Old Woman-Study for "The Pawnbroker's Shop" (Ulo oregasszony-Tanulmany a zaloghaz cimu kephez), 1873, oil on wood, private collection, Budapest
Munkacsy, Mihaly Munkacsy was an outstanding Hungarian realist painter of the 19th century. He started to paint during the years he spent in Arad as a joiner. With the help of pardons he studied at the Viennese, Munich. Munkacsy painted his first major work, the outstanding "The Condemned Cell" in 1872, then together with his friend, he moved to Paris, where be lived until the end of his life. Munkacsy painted his genres in the style of realism between 1873 and 1875: "Midnight Ramblers", "Farewell". "Churning Woman", "Woman Carryng Brushwood", and "Pawnshop" were the zenith of his career. He married the widow of Baron de Marches in 1874, and his style changed from that time on. Departing from the typical subjects of realism, be produced colourful salon paintings and still-lifes. This was the period when be also turned to ladscape painting; his growing interest is marked by such great paintings as "Dusty Road". "Corn Field", and "Walking in the Woods". His realist portraits - e.g. of Franz Liszt and Cardinal Haynald - were also born around this time, together with his religions paintings, such as "Christ in front of Pilate", "Golgotha" and later, "Ecce homo". Towards the end of his career he painted two monumental works: "Hungarian Conquest" for the House of Parliament and a fresco entitled "Apotheosis of Renaissance", for the ceiling of the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna.
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