János Vaszary
János Miklós Vaszary (born November 30, 1867 in Kaposvár , Austria-Hungary ; died April 19, 1939 in Budapest ) was a Hungarian painter and professor of painting .
Life
After studying with Bertalan Székely , among others , at the School of Painting in Budapest, he completed his skills in Munich and at the Académie Julian in Paris . There he was particularly influenced by artists such as Jules Bastien-Lepage and Puvis de Chavannes . After the First World War , in which he also painted paintings of soldiers, Vaszary was art professor at the Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts in Budapest from 1910 to 1932 , where he supported the trends of the avant-garde in the performing arts.
One of his students from 1920 to 1926 was the Hungarian painter Jenő Barcsay .
plant
Vaszary's work was subject to some stylistic changes. His pictures sometimes showed social aspects, were at times influenced by French styles, by Fauvism and Matisse , sometimes Dufy and Van Dongen are visible. After his stay in Paris he painted cityscapes and took a liking to Expressionism .
"Girl", oil on canvas 1887, private collection
"Portrait of Ilona Andrássy ", oil on canvas 1905, private collection
"Nude", ink and watercolor on paper 1911, held by Rippl-Rónai Museum Kaposvár
"Raising Lazarus", oil on canvas 1912, inventory of the Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest
"Awakening", oil on canvas 1921, inventory of the Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest
"Stage scene Finale" (Hungarian: "Szinpadi jelenet Finálé "), oil on canvas 1923, inventory of the Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest
"Versailles", oil on cardboard 1925, Gábor Kovács Art Collection Budapest
"In the Park", oil on canvas 1928, inventory of the Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest
literature
- Károly Lyka : Vaszary, János . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 34 : Urliens – Vzal . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1940, p. 135 .
- Fioha Pál: Vaszary, János, biográfia és bibliográfia. Palmiro Togliatti Megyei Könivtár, Kaposvár, Hungary 1970.
Web links
- Literature by and about János Vaszary in the catalog of the German National Library
- Fine Arts in Hungary
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Vaszary, Janos |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Vaszary, János Miklós |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hungarian painter and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 30, 1867 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kaposvár |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 19, 1939 |
| Place of death | Budapest |