József Molnár (21 March 1821 – 6 March 1899) was a Hungarian painter. Molnár was born in Zsámbék and studied in

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.Dénes Pataky ''Hungarian Drawings and Water-colours'' 1961 p18 "Though József Molnár (1821–1899) was the romantic painter most deeply rooted in the Biedermeyer style, it was he who proceeded furthest ahead. The stages of his years of study were Vienna, Italy — where he was fascinated by Marko's art" After his studies, he settled down in

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, where he earned money by painting portraits. He returned to Hungary in 1853 and started painting landscapes and historic paintings in Pest. Molnár died in

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Gallery

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'', 1885 File:Molnár On the Riverside.jpg, ''On the Riverside'' File:Molnár Birdsong 1878.jpg, ''Birdsong'' (''The Nightingale''), 1878 File:Molnár Kévekötő.jpg, ''Binder'' File:Molnár Árpádházi Margit halála 1857.jpg, ''Death of Saint Margaret of Hungary'', 1857 File:Molnár Ábrahám kiköltözése 1850.jpg, ''The Departure of

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'', 1850

References

MOLNÁR, József
{{DEFAULTSORT:Molnar, Joszef 1821 births 1899 deaths 19th-century Hungarian illustrators Hungarian landscape painters People from Zsámbék Painters from the Austrian Empire Painters from Austria-Hungary Romantic painters