Sándor Bihari

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Self-portrait (c. 1890)

Sándor Bihari (19 May 1855, Rézbánya – 28 March 1906, Budapest) was a Hungarian genre painter.

Life

Born to a

Forints from Székely, which enabled him to quit his job and enter the Academy.[1]

He returned to his hometown, where he spent three years struggling as a portrait painter until a benefactor who liked his work provided the means for him to study in Paris. He travelled there in 1883, where he studied at the

Impressionism, which had a decisive influence on his style. Upon returning to Hungary, he settled in Szolnok
, a popular gathering place for painters, and would later become one of the founders of an art colony there.

He continued to travel, making lengthy visits to Italy especially, until his health began to fail in 1893.[1] During his final years, he lived in Budapest but continued to spend his summers in Szolnok. In 1896, he was awarded the Order of Franz Joseph.

Selected paintings

  • Sunday Afternoon (1893)
    Sunday Afternoon (1893)
  • Boating on the Zagyva River (1886)
    Boating on the
    Zagyva River
    (1886)
  • Before the Judge (1886), his most familiar painting.
    Before the Judge (1886),
    his most familiar painting.
  • On the Porch (c. 1900)
    On the Porch (c. 1900)

References

  1. ^ a b c d Béla Fónagy: Bihari Sándor @ Művészet (from 1906)

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