Education
From 1891 he studied as a college student at the Free School of Nagybánya (Baia Mare, Romania) in István Réti"s and János Thorma"s restoration workshop.
From 1891 he studied as a college student at the Free School of Nagybánya (Baia Mare, Romania) in István Réti"s and János Thorma"s restoration workshop.
His art is based upon the Nagybánya traditions of the unity of man and nature. He incorporated oil, watercolour and graphics into his art His contribution in the field of graphic arts include sketches, linocuts, and monotypes.
He was a student of Károly Ferenczy at the Academy of Fine Arts, Budapest for four years.
Between 1920 and 1924 as well as in 1927 he worked in the colony of artists of the same place. After spending some years in Nagybánya he went for a study trip to Germany and Austria.
In 1920 he had his first exhibition in the National Salon. Abkarovics made an appearance at the Jubilee Exhibition in Nagybánya in 1924 and at the joint exhibition of the Nagybánya painters in 1927.
By the end of the 1930s Abkarovics settled in Szentendre and here he mostly depicted the landscape of the town in his paintings.
Béla Apáti Abkarovics died in 1957.
Subsequently he worked in the Sub-Carpathian Region for several years and was a member of the Association of Sub-Carpathian Artists. In 1945 he was chosen to be a member of the Szentendre colony of artists, and he participated in the joint exhibitions of that community. He also became a member of New Society of Artists (KUT) and 1955 he organised a prestigious exhibition in Szentendre.