Background
János Kmetty was born on December 23, 1889 in Miskolc, Hungary. Until the age of 12, he and his family lived in Miskolc, but later moved to Kosice, Slovakia.
graphic artist painter professor
János Kmetty was born on December 23, 1889 in Miskolc, Hungary. Until the age of 12, he and his family lived in Miskolc, but later moved to Kosice, Slovakia.
János Kmetty studied with Ferenc Szablya-Frischauf in Budapest and attended the Julian Academy in Paris, France in 1911.
János Kmetty worked in the Kecskemét artists colony from 1912, and joined Lajos Kassák and the activists in 1918.
He also frequently worked in Nagybánya during the twenties, and gradually switched to Szentendre at the beginning of the thirties. Besides, he became a teacher of the Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts in 1946, and head of the Painting Department.
Kmetty's autobiographical and theoretical writings are important resource materials for the times.
János Kmetty died on November 16, 1975 in Budapest, Hungary.
The Town of Szentendre with a Painter
The City Park
The City Park
Self-Portrait with Palette
Still Life on Table with a Picture
View of Nagybanya
Nagybanya Sketch with a Walking Figure
Landscape
Street of Nagybánya
Self Portrait in a Purple Hat
Sunlit Window in Szentendre
Side Table with Mirror
Male and Female
Ascension
Segment of a Street in Nagybánya
Still Life with a Book
The City Park
Kmetty Colourful Landscape
Self-Portrait
Still Life with a Jug and Oranges
On a Verandah in September
Szentendre
From The Window
Reading Woman
Inner Room
Szentendre
Still Life Starting
Curved Street at Szentendre
Still Life
Self Portrait with Yellow Hat
Laid Table
Nagybánya Landscape
Still Life with Sunflowers
Still Life with Table and Chairs
A Portrait in Blue
Man Reading in the Studio (Self Portrait)
Two Standing Nudes with Drapery
Reading Woman on Sofa
Portrait of a Woman
The Painter Jeno Barcsay
The City Park
Still Life with Blue Kettle and Fruits
In the Park
Walking Couple in Szentendre
Self-Portrait
Colourful Houses in Tabán
Park Detail with Trees
Still Life with Fruits
Artist Colony
Still Life
Still Life
A Painter in the Landscape
Portrait of An Geologist Nagy Sárpataky Miklós
Still Life
The City Park
Blue Self-Portrait
Self-Portrait
Landspace of Nagybánya
Reading Self Portrait
Self-Portrait
Still Life
Nagybánya
Still Life with Yellow Jar
Landspace with a Walking Figure
Ascension
Woman Keeping an Apple
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Self-Portrait
Nagybanyai Street
Street View
Still Life on Table
Kmetty Still Life with Self Portrait
Nagybánya
Male Portrait
Still Life
On the Way Home
Houses on the Riverside of Danube in Szentendre
Still Life with Sunflowers
Woman with a Cup 1916
Self-Portrait
Idyll on Szentendre
The City Park
Cubist Landscape ( The City Park)
Still Life with Apples
Walking Couple in Szentendre
Still Life with Sculpture
Interior
View of Nagybanya
Still Life with Fruits
The building of the summer casino in Kecskemét
Still Life with White Kettle and Fruits
Sermon on the Mountain
Still Life on Table
Standing Nude Woman
The City Park
Geranium
Kecskemét
Interieur with Still Life
Country Landspace
Cubist Still Life with Revue Magazine
Still Life with Apples and Sunflowers
Still Life with Jar and Fruit
Szentendre in the Afternoon
View of Szentendre 1912 45 60 Cm
János Kmetty was a founding member of the New Society of Artists in 1924 and a member of the Artists Colony of Szentendre from 1945.