Laszlo Mednyanszky

Background

Ethnicity: He was born into a Hungarian family with Polish and Hungarian ancestry. One of his grandmothers, Eleonora Richer, was of French origin.

Laszlo Mednyanszky was born on April 23, 1852 in Beckov, Kingdom of Hungary (present-day Beckov, Slovakia). He was the son of Eduard Mednyanszky and Maria Anna Mednyanszky.

Education

Initially, Mednyanszky studied at a grammar school in Kesmark (present-day Kezmarok). Some time later, he enrolled at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, where he studied during the period from 1872 to 1873. Dissatisfied with the quality of education in Munich, Mednyanszky moved to Paris to study at the École des Beaux-Arts, where Isidore Pils was his mentor. In 1875, Laszlo left the École and began practicing independently in Montmartre.

Career

After 1877, Mednyanszky moved to Strazky, where he continued painting. The same year, he visited the Szolnok artists' colony and the following year, in 1878, he traveled to Italy.

In 1887, Mednyanszky returned to Strazky in order to help deal with an outbreak of cholera, but soon he fell ill with pneumonia. During the period from 1889 to 1892, the painter stayed in Paris.

In 1896, Laszlo collaborated with such artists, as Arpad Festi and Yeno Barcai, on the creation of the monumental canvas in honor of the 1000th anniversary of the founding of the Hungarian state.

In 1897, Mednyanszky held his solo exhibition at the Galerie Georges Petit in Paris.

Since 1900, the painter concentrated on the Impressionism movement.

Between 1905-1911, he lived in Budapest and later moved to Vienna. His works, which were created during this period, could be characterized as Symbolism art.

At the outbreak of World War I, Laszlo Mednyanszky returned to Budapest. He served as a war correspondent on the Austro-Hungarian frontlines in Galicia, Serbia and the southern Tirol. In the spring of 1918, the painter left for Strazky to recover from war wounds.

Achievements

• Laszlo was mostly known as the greatest Hungarian painter. The largest collections of his work are kept at Hungarian National Gallery and Slovak National Gallery.
  
  His work "Lights at dawn" was sold at Virag Judit Auction House for $69,357 in 2015.

Works

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  • Fires in the Forest

  • Old Tramp

  • Burial in the Carpathian Mountains

  • House at Dusk

  • In the Outskirt of the City

  • Head of a Boy

  • Absinth Drinker

  • In the Tavern

  • Sunrise in the Snowy Riverside

  • Old Man

  • Mountain Landscape with Lake

  • View of Dunajec

  • Camp

  • Edge of a Forest with Crosses

  • Untitled

  • Tarn in the Tatra

  • Ruins of a Castle

  • Melting of Snow

  • Chestnut Flower

  • Blossoming Trees

  • Osiery with Cows

  • Fishing on the Tisza

  • Head of a Tramp

  • Landscape in the Alps (View from the Rax)

  • Resting Vagabonds

  • Fallen Russian Soldier

  • Fruit Trees

  • Prisoners Marching Off

  • Chimney-sweeper (Carrier of Luck)

  • Lake in the Mountains

  • Peasant Boy with Hat (study)

  • Hildside at Springtime (Little Landscape)

  • Untitled

  • Marshland

  • Prayer over the Grave

  • Mugging

  • Evanescence

  • Landscape at Autumn

  • Burring Brook with Bridge

  • Head of a Tramp

  • Melting

  • At the Iron Gate

  • Soldiers

  • Brookside in Winter

  • Burring Brook

  • Snow-melting

  • Part of Tabán

  • Trees with Hoar-frost

  • Old Man

  • Uncle Ján

  • Watering

  • Untitled

  • Angler

  • Under the Cross

  • Lights at Dawn

Politics

Laszlo Mednyanszky tried to establish an association against the Pan-Slav agitators with Bela Grunwald.

Connections

Father:

Eduard Mednyanszky

Mother:

Maria Anna Mednyanszky

mentor:

Isidore Pils

References

• 50 Amazing Color Paintings of Laszlo Mednyanszky
  2015
• Mednyánszky László (1852-1919) (Hungarian Edition)
  1981