Ferenc Márton (15 December 1884 – 8 June 1940) was a Hungarian painter and graphic artist born in Csíkszentgyörgy (now Ciucsângeorgiu,

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). He was a student of

Bertalan Székely Bertalan Székely (8 May 1835, Kolozsvár, Transylvania, Kingdom of Hungary (Now Cluj-Napoca after annexation by Romania following the Treaty of Trianon – 21 August 1910, Budapest) was a Hungarian history and portrait painter who worked in t ...

and the teacher of Adrienn Henczné Deák.

Biography

Ferenc Márton was a disciple of

and László Hegedűs. In 1908 he won the third prize of a poster competition. He became known primarily for his illustrations in ''Érdekes Újság''. He was the portraitist of the ''Magyarság'' newspaper and between the two world wars a collaborator of the far-right side newspaper '' Új Magyarság''. He also made mosaic and art monument projects and sculptures. His disciple was Adrienn Henczné Deák. He died in

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Márton, Ferenc 1884 births 1940 deaths Landscape painters People from Harghita County 20th-century Hungarian painters Hungarian male painters 20th-century Hungarian male artists Hungarian graphic artists