Aladár Körösfői-Kriesch (29 October 1863 – 16 June 1920) was a
Hungarian Art Nouveau
Art Nouveau ( ; ; ), Jugendstil and Sezessionstil in German, is an international style of art, architecture, and applied art, especially the decorative arts. It was often inspired by natural forms such as the sinuous curves of plants and ...
painter.
He was born in
Buda
Buda (, ) is the part of Budapest, the capital city of Hungary, that lies on the western bank of the Danube. Historically, “Buda” referred only to the royal walled city on Castle Hill (), which was constructed by Béla IV between 1247 and ...
, the son of hydro-biologist and zoologist
János Kriesch. He was a co-founder with
Sándor Nagy of the
Gödöllő Art Colony, which introduced Art Nouveau style (also called Secession) in Hungary.
Bibliography
* Kovalovszky, Márta: ''A modern magyar festészet remekei: 1896-2003''. Corvina, Budapest, 2005. "Körösfői-Kriesch Aladár" p. 23. ;
* Nagy, Sándor: É''letünk Körösfői Kriesch Aladárral'' (Gödöllő, 2005.)
Körösfői-Kriesch Aladár - Artportal
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1863 births
1920 deaths
Hungarian painters
Art Nouveau painters
People from Buda
Painters from Austria-Hungary