Pál Balkay (1785–1846) was a Hungarian

painter Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ai ...

and

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best known for his portrait of "The Sister and Brother". Balkay was born in

Tiszaörs Tiszaörs is a village in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary. Geography It covers an area of and has a population Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whe ...

and died in Eger.Fine Arts in Hungary
/ref> He lived and worked in what was then the

Austrian Empire The Austrian Empire (german: link=no, Kaiserthum Oesterreich, modern spelling , ) was a Central-Eastern European multinational great power from 1804 to 1867, created by proclamation out of the realms of the Habsburgs. During its existence, ...

Gallery

Balkay, Pal - Sister and Brother.jpg, ''The Sister and Brother'' Balkay Allegória.jpg, Balkay's 1820 allegorical painting ''A Tudomány és Szép Mesterségek Emlékezetére''

References

1785 births 1846 deaths People from Tiszaörs Hungarian painters Painters from the Austrian Empire {{hungary-painter-stub