Liszt, Munkácsy Portrait Unveiled at Airport

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Mihály Munkácsy
The painting was a gift of the artist Miklós Suba Wesselényi.
 
Jost Lammers, the chief executive of Budapest Airport, which operates the airport, welcomed the painter and his family and said the hanging of the painting was a fitting way to close the Liszt Year which marks the 200th anniversary of the musician?s birth.
 
The picture shows Munkácsy painting the portrait of Liszt.
 
Budapest?s international airport was renamed after Liszt in March of this year.
 
Source: Hungarian News Agency (MTI)