Munkácsy MihályHungarian painter

Munkácsy in Europe

Munkács, 20 February, 1844.

ParentsLieb Mihály Reök Cecília

The painter used his surname -Lieb- until 1868,then he changed it to Munkácsy.

Cserépváralja- childhood -

In 1861 he worked in Wenckheim castle in Gyula.

First paintings: The Spinner

In 1865 was admitted to the Art Academy in Vienna.

His art work was influenced by Rembrandt and Rubens.

Munkácsy is in Rubens’ clothes

Spinkling at Easter

A Grieving Outlaw

A Yawning Man-servantDeath Cell

In Paris

His wife: Cecile Papiert

Woman with Brushwood

Butter Making Woman

A Girl with a Tray

Two Families in the Kitchen

Foreign successes - Milton

In 1896 he painted the third part of the Jesus-trilogy

The three parts of the Jesus-trilogy never were seen together until 1995.

The Hungarian Conquest

Endenich, 1 May, 1900.

Budapest

Munkácsy Mihály Museum

Novel and balet about his life – The Golden Brush

A crater on the Mercury was given his name to

Munkácsy Award

The Munkácsy Award, established in 1950.Is given every year to a brilliant artist of art.

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Death Cell – 1880

oil, canvas 119*170,5 cm, Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest

The convict

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Different people

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The convict’s wife

The convict’s son

The man and a woman

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The old woman and the soldier

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Death Cell – 1880

oil, canvas 119*170,5 cm, Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest