Károly Kernstok

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Self-portrait from 1903
Riders on the shore (original title: Lovasok a víz partján) 1910

Károly Kernstok ( Kernstok Károly ) (born December 23, 1873 in Budapest , Austria-Hungary , † June 9, 1940 ibid) was a Hungarian modern painter.

Life

Kernstok was trained in Budapest, then went first to Munich and Paris , and finally returned to Budapest.

In 1907 he founded the artist group " Nyolcak " with Róbert Berény , Dezső Czigány , Béla Czóbel , Ödön Márffy , Dezső Orbán , Bertalan Pór and Lajos Tihanyi and took part in exhibitions of the Hungarian Society of Impressionists and Naturalists KöÉNK (Magyarreészionisták) Naturalists. In 1919 he made a name for himself as a supporter of the Hungarian Soviet Republic and therefore had to flee to Berlin . In 1926 he returned home ( Nyergesújfalu ). Now he also visited the Szolnok artists' colony several times .

Exhibitions of his works of art took place in 1911 (Művészházban), 1917 (Ernst Múzeum), 1922 (Kassai Múzeum), 1928 (Ernst Múzeum) and 1951 (Fővárosi Népművelési Központ, Emlékkiállítás).

Works (selection)

  • Agitátor , (agitator) 1897
  • Szilvaszedők , 1901
  • Lovasok a vízparton , (Riders on the Shore) 1910
  • Sírbatétel , (Entombment) 1934

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personal data
SURNAME Kernstok, Károly
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kernstok, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hungarian painter and printmaker
DATE OF BIRTH December 23, 1873
PLACE OF BIRTH Budapest , Hungary
DATE OF DEATH June 9, 1940
Place of death Budapest , Hungary