Tivadar Zemplényi (1864,

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– 1917,

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) was a Hungarian painter, noted for his realism. A medalist at the 1904

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, he also exhibited at the 1900 Exposition Universelle, as well as the

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s of 1901, 1905, and 1909.

Early years

Zemplényi was a disciple 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 ...

, where he began

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painting. He was a student of

Károly Lotz Lotz Károly Antal Pál, or Karl Anton Paul Lotz (16 December 1833 – 13 October 1904) was a Germans, German-Hungarian people, Hungarian Painting, painter. Career Karl Lotz was born in Bad Homburg vor der Taunus, Höhe, Germany, the 7th an ...

and

Bertalan Székely Bertalan Székely (8 May 1835, Kolozsvár, Transylvania, Kingdom of Hungary (now Cluj-Napoca, Romania) – 21 August 1910, Budapest, Transleithania, Austria-Hungary) was a Hungarian history and portrait painter who worked in the Romantic ...

in Budapest, then

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and Ludwig Löfftz in Munich. A graduate of the

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, in 1891, he was granted a government scholarship in Italy and also visited

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. He worked for some time as a young man in

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(Jernye), now

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, where he came into contact with

Pál Szinyei Merse Pál Szinyei Merse (4 July 1845, Chminianska Nová Ves, Szinyeújfalu – 2 February 1920, Jarovnice, Jernye) was a Hungarian painter and art educator. Biography He was born into a family of the old nobility who supported the Hungarian Revolu ...

, surveying his "Picnic in May" painting and providing encouragement and inspiration for Szinyei.

Career

On his return to Hungary, Zemplényi was a member of the free school of

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for many years, and also in

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. Influenced by Bastien-Lepage, his work was characterized by what is known as " Munich Realism". In 1903, he was a professor in the

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, where one of his students was Janos Viski. He was described in 1913 as an artist who "paints coast scenes and landscapes with a strong and virile touch, san artist who understands the varying moods of mother earth, and has a keen understanding for the picturesque." The people he painted in his pictures tended to be those in suffering or hardship such as peasants, the poor, and beggars. Notable paintings include ''Boy with Cherries'' (1894), ''Creekside with Mackerel-sky'' (1894), ''The Poor Woman´s Home'' (1895), ''Returning Home'' (1897–98) and ''Holiday'' (1899). His 1889 painting, ''In the Church'', was exhibited at the 1900 Exposition Universelle in Paris. He exhibited at the 1901, 1905, and 1909 Venice Biennales; and in London in 1908. His work is included in the collections of the Budapest National Gallery. His exhibition at the Fine Arts Society received a prize in 1900 for ''Zarandokno'' ("Pilgrims"), and he received Hungary's state grand prize, a gold medal, in 1903, for ''Virraszszatok es imadkozztok''. Zemplényi was awarded a silver medal at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair in the US.

References

External links

Entry at mke.hu
{{DEFAULTSORT:Zemplenyi, Tivadar Hungarian realist painters 1864 births 1917 deaths People from Csongrád-Csanád County Louisiana Purchase Exposition Academy of Fine Arts, Munich alumni Academic staff of the Hungarian University of Fine Arts 19th-century Hungarian painters 20th-century Hungarian painters Painters from Austria-Hungary