Oszkár Nagy (
Magyarpécska, September 11, 1893 –
Nagybánya, March 1, 1965) was a
Hungarian painter.
His life
In 1912, he studied in Nagybánya, then between 1913 and 1915 he attended the
Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts
The Hungarian University of Fine Arts (Hungarian language, Hungarian: , MKE) is the central Hungary, Hungarian art school in Budapest, Andrássy Avenue. It was founded in 1871 as the Hungarian Royal Drawing School ''(Magyar Királyi Mintarajztan ...
, where he was a student of
Károly Ferenczy
Károly Ferenczy (February 8, 1862 – March 18, 1917) was a Hungarian painter and leading member of the Nagybánya artists' colony.Ilona Sármány-Parsons"Károly Ferenczy" Oxford Art Online
He was among several artists who went to Munich for ...
. He served on the
Italian front (World War I) and was taken prisoner of war in
Italy
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in 1917.
He returned home to
Arad in 1919, then worked at the artist colony in
Szolnok
Szolnok (; also known by #Name and etymology, alternative names) is the county seat of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county in central Hungary. A city with county rights, it is located on the banks of the Tisza river, in the heart of the Great Hungarian ...
with
Adolf Fényes
Adolf Fényes, originally Fischmann (29 April 1867 in Kecskemét – 14 March 1945 in Budapest) was a Hungarian painter of Jewish ancestry. He is best known for his cycle of paintings; ''The Life of a Poor Man'' and a series of still-lifes, done ...
, and in 1920 at the artist colony in
Kecskemét
Kecskemét ( ) is a city with county rights in central Hungary. It is the List of cities and towns of Hungary, eighth-largest city in the country, and the county seat of Bács-Kiskun County, Bács-Kiskun.
Kecskemét lies halfway between the ca ...
with
Béla Iványi-Grünwald.
Between 1920 and 1922 he visited Italy with a scholarship from the
Romanian Ministry of Culture. Later, he lived and worked in Nagybánya for four decades. At the beginning of the 1920s, he wanted to create a rival artist colony in
Felsőbánya, near Nagybánya, and therefore his colleagues resented him.
From 1922, he exhibited his works in solo exhibitions in
Szatmárnémeti
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, Nagyvárad and
Temesvár.
In 1993, an exhibition of his life's work was organized in
Cluj-Napoca
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and in the
Miskolc
Miskolc ( , ; ; Czech language, Czech and ; ; ; ) is a city in northeastern Hungary, known for its heavy industry. With a population of 161,265 as of 1 January 2014, Miskolc is the List of cities and towns in Hungary#Largest cities in Hungary, ...
Gallery. His works are mostly figurative compositions (mainly mining themes), interiors, still lifes and landscapes of large mines and upper mines.
Individual exhibitions
* 1922 - Nude art dealer, Szatmárnémeti
* 1930 - Journalist Club, Szatmárnémeti
ith Laura Mándy* 1936 - Carlton Hotel, Timisoara
* 1940 - County Hall glass room, Cluj
* 1942 - University Library, Cluj
* 1944 - Széchenyi Square kiosk, Nagyvárad
* 1980 - Korunk Gallery, Cluj
* 1993 - Miskolc Gallery, Miskolc
References
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External links
* The Baia Mare Art Museum/Centrul_artistic_Baia_Mare
1893 births
1965 deaths
20th-century Hungarian painters
Hungarian male painters
20th-century Hungarian male artists
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