Epreskert Art Colony
Epreskert Art Colony ( hu, Epreskerti művésztelep; the name means "Mulberry Garden" in Hungarian language, Hungarian) was an artists' colony in Budapest in the last decades of the 19th and the first half of the 20th century. Among the artists who worked and lived there the most important were sculptors György Zala (sculptor), György Zala and Adolf Huszár, and painter Árpád Feszty. Location The artists' colony was located in the Terézváros district of Budapest (District VI.) in the area of the former Epreskert garden. The colony occupied an oblong shaped block bounded by Bajza, Lendvay, Epreskert (after 1900 Munkácsy Mihály) and Kmety Street. In 1886 the block was divided into ten lots for ateliers. The Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts (now Hungarian University of Fine Arts) established its campus on the other side of Kmety Street. History The Epreskert was a municipal garden of mulberry trees on the outskirts of Pest, Hungary, Pest which remained in agricultural usage unt ...
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