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János Miklós Vaszary (30 November 1867 – 19 April 1939) was a Hungarian painter and graphic artist.
@ the Magyar Életrajzi Lexikonban. Although he later became involved with
File:Vaszary The Command Has Arrived 1894.jpg, ''The Command Has Arrived'' (''Farewell!''), 1894
File:Vaszary János Nő kertben székkel c. 1930.jpg, ''Woman Sitting in the Garden'' (c.1930)
File:Vaszary János Morfinista 1930-as évek.jpg, ''The Morphinist'' (c.1930)
File:Vaszary János Gladioluszok (1938).jpg, ''
(date unknown)
Lázár Béla: Vaszary János
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Vaszary János
@ Aranykor {{DEFAULTSORT:Vaszary, Janos 1867 births 1939 deaths 19th-century Hungarian male artists 19th-century Hungarian painters 19th-century Hungarian people 20th-century Hungarian male artists 20th-century Hungarian painters 20th-century Hungarian people Academic staff of the Hungarian University of Fine Arts Académie Julian alumni Hungarian graphic artists Hungarian male painters People from Kaposvár
Biography
He was born into a prominentCatholic
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family in Kaposvár
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. His uncle was Kolos Ferenc Vaszary
Kolos Ferenc Vaszary, O.S.B. (12 February 1832 in Keszthely, Hungary – 3 September 1915 in Balatonfüred, Hungary) was a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and a longtime archbishop of the prestigious see of Esztergom in the Austro-Hu ...
, the Archbishop of Esztergom
Esztergom (; ; or ; , known by Names of European cities in different languages: E–H#E, alternative names) is a city with county rights in northern Hungary, northwest of the capital Budapest. It lies in Komárom-Esztergom County, on the righ ...
. His art studies began at the Hungarian University of Fine Arts
The Hungarian University of Fine Arts ( Hungarian: , MKE) is the central Hungarian art school in Budapest, Andrássy Avenue. It was founded in 1871 as the Hungarian Royal Drawing School ''(Magyar Királyi Mintarajztanoda)'' and has been called ...
under János Greguss. In 1887, he went to Munich, where he studied with Gabriel von Hackl and Ludwig von Löfftz
Ludwig von Löfftz (21 June 1845 – 3 December 1910) was a German genre and landscape painter.
Biography
He was born at Darmstadt. He was a pupil of August von Kreling and Karl Raupp at Nuremberg, then of Wilhelm von Diez at the Academy ...
. After seeing an exhibition of paintings by Jules Bastien-Lepage
Jules Bastien-Lepage (1 November 1848 – 10 December 1884) was a French painter closely associated with the beginning of naturalism, an artistic style that grew out of the Realist movement and paved the way for the development of impressioni ...
, he moved to Paris in 1899 and enrolled at the Académie Julian
The () was a private art school for painting and sculpture founded in Paris, France, in 1867 by French painter and teacher Rodolphe Julian (1839–1907). The school was active from 1868 through 1968. It remained famous for the number and qual ...
.Brief biography@ the Magyar Életrajzi Lexikonban. Although he later became involved with
Simon Hollósy
Simon Hollósy (2 February 1857 – 8 May 1918) was a Hungarian painter. He was considered one of the greatest Hungarian representatives of 19th-century Naturalism and Realism.
Hollósy was not highly productive as an artist and was more im ...
and the artists' colony
Art colonies are organic congregations of artists in towns, villages and rural areas, who are often drawn to areas of natural beauty, the prior existence of other artists, art schools there, or a lower cost of living. They are typically mission- ...
in Nagybánya and developed an interest in Hungarian folk art, his primary influences would always be French.
In 1905 one of his paintings (''The Sharecropper'') was purchased by Emperor Franz Joseph
Franz Joseph I or Francis Joseph I ( ; ; 18 August 1830 – 21 November 1916) was Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary, and the ruler of the Grand title of the emperor of Austria, other states of the Habsburg monarchy from 1848 until his death ...
. Vaszary was married later that year.
During World War I, he served as a correspondent on the Serbian front and his imagery became more dramatic but, after another visit to Paris, he returned to his Impressionist
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tendencies. From 1920 until his retirement in 1932, he served as a professor at his alma mater, the University of Fine Arts. In 1924, he was one of the founders of the "" (New Society of Artists, whose acronym "KÚT" means "fountain" in Hungarian). In 1926, he was commissioned to paint murals at the Biological Institute in Tihany
Tihany () is a village on the northern shore of Lake Balaton on the Tihany Peninsula (Hungary, Veszprém County). The whole peninsula is a historical district.
The center of the district is the Benedictine Tihany Abbey, which was founded in 1055 ...
.
When he retired, he had already been suffering from heart disease
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is any disease involving the heart or blood vessels. CVDs constitute a class of diseases that includes: coronary artery diseases (e.g. angina pectoris, angina, myocardial infarction, heart attack), heart failure, ...
for several years so, as it worsened, he made plans to settle permanently in the rural village of Tata, where he owned a villa and had spent many summers painting. These plans were thwarted by his sudden death, in Budapest, but Tata still became his final resting place. A street and an elementary school there are named after him.
Selected paintings
Gladioli
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It is sometimes called the 'sword lily', but is usually cal ...
'' (1938)
File:Vaszary János festő felesége.jpg, ''The Artist's Wife''(date unknown)
References
Further reading
* Lenke Haulisch, ''Vaszary János'', Képzőművészeti Alap Kiadóvállalata, 1978External links
Lázár Béla: Vaszary János
@ Művészet
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Nyugat
''Nyugat'' (, ''West''; pronounced similar to ''New-Got''), was an important Hungarian literary journal in the first half of the 20th century. Writers and poets from that era are referred to as "1st/2nd/3rd generation of the NYUGAT".
History an ...
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Vaszary János
@ Aranykor {{DEFAULTSORT:Vaszary, Janos 1867 births 1939 deaths 19th-century Hungarian male artists 19th-century Hungarian painters 19th-century Hungarian people 20th-century Hungarian male artists 20th-century Hungarian painters 20th-century Hungarian people Academic staff of the Hungarian University of Fine Arts Académie Julian alumni Hungarian graphic artists Hungarian male painters People from Kaposvár