Laszlo Pataky (1857 - 1912)
Laszlo Pataky
László Pataky was a painter from Austria-Hungary who specialized in rural genre scenes. He initially studied at the arts and crafts school in Budapest then after 1880, at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich. In 1888, he was awarded a scholarship for his painting "The Messenger", which enabled him to study with Mihály Munkácsy. In addition to working in his studio, he helped him create his monumental painting, "Hungarian Conquest", for the Hungarian Parliament Building. He provided illustrations for numerous novels, including Marriage Without Love by Carmen Sylva, Giovanni Episcopo by Gabriele D'Annunzio, and The Soul of the Baron by Géza Gárdonyi. He also created gouache illustrations for the Vasárnapi Ujság (Sunday News), the Új Idők (New Times) and Magyar Salon (an illustrated monthly magazine).
| Date and place of birt: | 24 december 1857, Brad, Romania |
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| Date and place of death: | 4 march 1912, Comuna Vinţu de Jos, Romania |
| Period of activity: | XIX, XX century |
| Specialization: | Artist, Genre painter, Landscape painter, Painter, Portraitist |
| Genre: | Genre art, Landscape painting, Portrait, Rural landscape |
| Art style: | Realism |
