András or Andrea Markó (1824–1895) was a Hungarian-

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painter, mainly of landscapes. Like his brother, the more famous landscape painter

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(Carlo Marko), he was active in

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, Italy.

Biography

He was born in

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. Like his brothers Károly and

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, he was initially apprenticed with his father,

Károly Markó the Elder Károly Markó, also known as Carlo Marco (25 September 1791,
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at the

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. Andrea was prolific, painting landscapes in oil of diverse parts of Europe, though mostly Italy and Russia. His paintings often have earthy coloration and depict expanses of landscape with minuscule figures or animals. The works of Andrea, his brother Carlo, and

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depicting the rural landscapes around

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, in a

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style, gave impetus to the , that also loosely included painters such as Emilio Donnini (1809-1896), Carlo Ademollo, Lorenzo Gelati,

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, and . Among his works: ''I cavallari maremmani'', awarded a prize at the Exhibition of Florence del 1860; ''Veduta delle Cave di Carrara'', awarded a medal at the International Exposition of Vienna in 1873; ''Paese alpestre''; ''Una vallata''; ''Una carovana di Samoyedi''; ''Boscaglia''; ''Una nevicata in Russia''; ''Le rovine di Taormina''; ''Paesaggi italiani''. Many of these were sold in the Americas. He was named professor of the Academies of Florence, Urbino, Milan e of the Società degli acquarellisti di Brussels.Gubernatis He died in 1895 in Palaia.

Selected paintings

File:András Markó, - landscape with gypsies.jpg, Landscape with Gypsies File:András Markó - Surveying the Vista (1886).jpg, Surveying the Vista File:Markó, András - Italian Landscape with Galoping Horses (1871).jpg, Landscape with Galloping Horses File:Markó, András - Shepherd Girl.jpg, Shepherd Girl

References

1824 births 1895 deaths Painters from Vienna 19th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Italian landscape painters Hungarian painters Painters from Tuscany 19th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-19thC-stub Painters from Austria-Hungary Italian people of Hungarian descent Austrian emigrants to Italy