Béla Endre
Béla Endre (19 November 1870, in Szeged – 12 August 1928, in Mártély) was a Hungarian painter and designer, one of the most prominent representatives of the . Biography He was born in the famous "" of Szeged, built by his grandfather, the merchant Ferdinand Mayer (1817–1903). Originally destined for a career in engineering, he chose to pursue art instead; studying painting locally for a few years, then at the in Urbino from 1895 to 1897 and the Académie Julian in Paris from 1898 to 1900. In 1901, he settled in Hódmezővásárhely, where he had a studio that he shared with János Tornyai and . In 1912, he helped to establish the "Majolica and Clay Artists' Society" (Művészek Majolika és Agyagipari Telep-ének) and held his first exhibition in Hódmezővásárhely. He held further exhibits in Makó (1913) and Arad, Romania, Arad (1914), which was a joint showing with his studio partners. From 1910 until his death, he spent his summers in Mártély, painting the peo ...
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