Jenő Doby

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Jenő Doby (born September 4, 1834 in Košice , † July 1, 1907 in Kraljevica ) was a Hungarian graphic artist , engraver , etcher , painter and biochemist .

biography

Jenő Doby was the son of Lipót Doby , a trader, and Karolina Henszlmann . His family moved to Budapest in 1839 so that he could get his education there. His uncle Imre Henszlmann became aware of his drawings and made it possible for him to study art in 1849. He studied painting in London . During a study trip he accompanied his teacher to Rome and made numerous copies of paintings by old Italian masters. In 1855, after a short stay in Florence and Vienna , he returned to his hometown, where he devoted himself to portraiture . In October 1855 he went to Paris , where he developed his artistic skills with the help of Imre Henszlmann. He was employed as a painter in Charles Gleyre's studio . During the world exhibition in Paris he made studies and drawings for his uncle's publications. He toured the Provence cities and made study trips to London. In 1862 he learned engraving and architecture in A. Soudain's studio in Paris .

At the beginning of the 1860s he stopped painting and only produced copperplate engravings and etchings . After his return to Hungary he worked to order and created works for the Academy of Sciences of the Hungarian Archaeological Commission and the Vienna Central Commission for the Preservation of Historical Monuments, Works of Art and Copper Engravings, with the support of Imre Henszlmann and Romer Floris . The sheet of St. Michael's Church was sent to members by the Hungarian Association of Fine Arts as an annual gift in 1863. In 1867 Eduard von Engerth entrusted Doby with the engraving of his painting of the Battle of Zenta . In 1869 he became a student of Louis Jacoby , a member of the academy. During their studies they processed orders from the Vienna Reproduction Society and the Hungarian National Gallery . At the World Exhibition in Vienna in 1873 , Doby acted as director of the Hungarian art exhibition. In that year he also completed the engraving for the painting “Battle of Zenta” and was commissioned to do the portrait of Admiral Tagetthoff as a copper engraving. He moved in 1883 to his son Géza Doby .

In August 1884, Ágoston Trefort appointed him assistant professor of copperplate engraving at the Budapest School of Applied Arts . During 23 years of art education work he introduced the graphic arts in Hungary. In addition to teaching, he continued his artistic activity. In addition to copies of paintings, he also made independent works. In 1894 he made an engraving for Anthony van Dyck's painting “Samson and Delila” and won first-class medals and an award at the Millennium Fair at the Antwerp International Exhibition in 1894. His estate became the property of the Museum of Fine Arts in 1907 and many of his works can be found in the Hungarian National Gallery .