Karoly Patko (1895 - 1941 in
Budapest
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) was a twentieth century
Hungarian painter
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and copper engraver, noted for his nude paintings in a plastic presentation.
Patkó, studied in Budapest, was influenced by
István Szőnyi
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and
Vilmos Aba Novák who he worked with in the 1920s and 1930s. He visited Italy in 1923 influenced by art in
Rome
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.
He produced many paintings throughout the 1930s and was a close friend of
Erno Bank who painted his portrait on numerous occasions most notably the 1928 painting of him in the mirror. He died in 1941 only aged 46.
File:Patkó Adam and Eve 1920.jpg, ''Adam and Eve'', 1920
File:Patkó In Front of a Mirror 1930.jpg, ''In Front of a Mirror'', 1930
File:Patkó Before the Bath 1929.jpg, ''Before the Bath'', 1929
File:Patkó After the Bath 1924.jpg, ''After the Bath'', 1924
External links and sources
Fine Arts in Hungary
Artists from Budapest
1895 births
1941 deaths
20th-century Hungarian painters
Hungarian male painters
20th-century Hungarian male artists
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