Péter Benedek

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Péter Benedek (born June 29, 1889 in Uszód , † December 25, 1984 in Budapest ) was a Hungarian painter.

Life

Péter Benedek, whose father carried out masonry and carpentry work in the village, was self-taught . Even as a child he was enthusiastic about drawing, but there was no possibility of an artistic education. As an adult, he initially earned his living as a farm laborer. At this time he began to capture the everyday life of the rural population in oil , watercolor and pastel paintings . His style can be assigned to realistic and naive painting. During the First World War he worked in an armaments factory in Budapest. There the writer and critic Jenő Bálint noticed him and became his sponsor. In 1923 his first solo exhibition took place in the Alkotás Művészház , which was positively received by the critics. Further exhibitions in Budapest and Vienna followed . From the end of the 1930s, his pictures were mainly to be seen at auction exhibitions and he increasingly disappeared from the public eye. Benedek then moved first to his hometown Uszód, then to Kalocsa, and from 1949 lived in Cegléd . His works became popular again in the 1960s and he was awarded two prizes in the 1970s. A memorial house was set up for him in his hometown.

Benedek's works can now be found in museums in Debrecen , Pécs , Cegléd and Kecskemét .

Exhibitions

Awards

  • A Népművészet Mestere díj, 1970
  • A Munka Érdemrend arany Fokozata, 1974

literature

  • Jenő Bálint: Benedek Péter földmíves-festőművész . Amicus Kiadó, Budapest 1923.
  • Magyar müveszet 1919–1945. Edited by Sándor Kontha. Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest 1985, pp. 307-310.

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personal data
SURNAME Benedek, Péter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hungarian painter
DATE OF BIRTH June 29, 1889
PLACE OF BIRTH Uszód
DATE OF DEATH December 25, 1984
Place of death Budapest