Simon Hollósy
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Simon Hollósy (born February 2, 1857 in Máramarossziget , Austrian Empire ; died May 8, 1918 in Técső , Austria-Hungary ) was a Hungarian painter . He is considered to be one of the most important representatives of his country of naturalism and realism of the 19th century.
Life
Hollósy was born into a family from Armenia . He began to study painting in Budapest and then came to Munich to continue his education at the Academy of Fine Arts . In 1886 he founded a private painting school in the Bavarian capital . His students included Alexandra Povòrina , Walter Queck , Amanda Tröndle-Engel and Károly Kiss. At the turn of the 20th century he co-founded the artists' colony in Nagybánya ; there he taught among others Moissey Kogan and Richard Gerstl (1900–1901).
literature
- Károly Lyka : Hollósy, Simon . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 17 : Heubel – Hubard . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1924, p. 384-386 .
- Hollósy Simon. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 2, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1959, p. 404.
- J. Boros: Hollósy, Simon . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 74, de Gruyter, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-11-023179-3 , p. 283 f.
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| SURNAME | Hollósy, Simon |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hungarian painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 2, 1857 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Máramarossziget |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 8, 1918 |
| Place of death | Técső |