Mihály from Munkácsy

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Self-portrait Mihály von Munkácsy (1881)
Mihály from Munkácsy
The picture shows Cécile von Munkácsy, the artist's wife. Painted by Hans Makart, probably as a wedding present for the young couple.
Christ before Pilate (1881)
Ceiling painting Apotheosis of the Renaissance in the staircase of the Kunsthistorisches Museum (1888)

Mihály von Munkácsy , actually Michael Lieb (born February 20, 1844 in Munkács ; † May 1, 1900 in Endenich , German Empire ), was a Hungarian painter of realism and fresco who was known throughout Europe in the 19th century.

Life

Mihály von Munkácsy came from a Bavarian family who had lived in Eastern Hungary (Bártfa, today Bardejov , Slovakia) since 1730 . In 1863 he took the name Munkácsy out of love for his birthplace. His training began with a four-year apprenticeship as a carpenter. In 1863 he studied at the Art Academy in Budapest and in 1864 at the Vienna Art Academy . From 1866 to 1868 he stayed in Munich to continue his studies with Franz Adam . His acquaintance with Wilhelm Leibl also dates from this time . From 1868 to 1870 he continued his studies at the Düsseldorf Art Academy with Benjamin Vautier and Ludwig Knaus . It was there that he wrote his first major work, The Last Day of a Condemned Man (1878) . From 1872 to 1896 he lived in Paris , where he was a regular exhibitor at the Paris Salon .

Munkácsy created numerous small-format landscapes in the style of the Barbizon school . These, like his genre scenes , his still lifes and portraits, as well as the pathetic history pictures and religious representations, are characterized by a safe and lively brushwork and warm and bright colors ( colorism ). Munkácsy's early works were socially committed and dedicated to the Hungarian struggle for freedom. With the move to Paris (1872) he turned to salon art . His marriage to the wealthy Baroness de Marches (1874) began a life for him as a “ painter prince ”. Only in his later works did he find his way back to social and political engagement. His work had a great influence on Hungarian painting.

Many of his works are now in the Hungarian National Gallery in Budapest, in the Neue Pinakothek in Munich ( visit to a woman who has recently given birth ), but also in other museums in Europe and the USA . The ceiling painting in the staircase of the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna also comes from him.

Munkácsy died of mental derangement in the Endeich asylum . His tomb is on the Budapest Kerepesi temető .

literature

Web links

Commons : Mihály von Munkácsy  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Franz Menges :  Munkácsy, Michael von. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 18, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-428-00199-0 , p. 597 f. ( Digitized version ).
  2. ↑ knerger.de: The grave of Mihály von Munkácsy
personal data
SURNAME Munkácsy, Mihály from
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Munkácsy, Mihály von; Dear, Mihály from; Munkácsy, Michael von; Dear, Michael from; Munkácsy, Mihály de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hungarian painter
DATE OF BIRTH February 20, 1844
PLACE OF BIRTH Munkács
DATE OF DEATH May 1, 1900
Place of death Endeich , German Empire