Ottó Baditz, (19 March 1849, in Tótkeresztúr – 21 April 1936, in

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) was a Hungarian painter and illustrator who specialized in scenes with women and children.

Biography

During the 1860s, he studied law in

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(now Bratislava) while taking art lessons from Károly Steinacker (1801-1873) in

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. Upon obtaining his law degree,Brief biography
@ the Magyar Elektronikus Kõnyvtár. the bibliographer and scholar encouraged him to continue his artistic studies. In 1870, he enrolled at the

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, where he studied with

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, followed by studies at the

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, where he took lessons from

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and began producing

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scenes of folk-life. Attempts at painting landscapes en

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were not to his liking. For almost twenty years, he stayed in Munich, where he shared a studio with Béla Spányi and sent his paintings to exhibitions in Paris and London as well as Budapest. His works proved to be very popular and he soon became wealthy. He returned to Hungary for a few months every year and, apparently a bit homesick, decided to remain there in 1890. Soon, he became the most sought-after painter for portraits of children. He was a regular participant in the (National Salon) and briefly served as its director. He won the Grand Prize at the

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. Three years later, he settled in the small village of Magyarkeresztúr and lived there until his death. In his later years, his paintings began to show the influence of

Mihály Munkácsy Mihály Munkácsy (20 February 1844 – 1 May 1900) was a Hungarian painter. He earned international reputation with his genre pictures and large-scale biblical paintings. Early years Munkácsy was born as ''Mihály Leó Lieb'' () to Mi ...

. His last exhibition was in 1921. He also produced numerous book illustrations for works by

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, Sándor Bródy and

Mór Jókai Móricz Jókay of Ásva (18 February 1825 – 5 May 1904), known as Mór Jókai, was a Hungarian novelist, dramatist and revolutionary. Outside of Hungary, he was also known as Maurice Jókai or Maurus Jókai or Mauritius Jókai. He was a le ...

, among others.

References

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Biography and appreciation
@ Művészet (1913) {{DEFAULTSORT:Baditz 1849 births 1936 deaths Academy of Fine Arts Vienna alumni Painters from Austria-Hungary 19th-century Hungarian painters 19th-century Hungarian male artists 20th-century Hungarian painters 20th-century Hungarian male artists Hungarian male painters