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The paintings, on loan from collections in Barcelona, Vienna, Copenhagen, Bratislava and even Mexico, can be seen for the first time in Hungary. In fact, many have never been put on display by their owners.
Károly Markó the Elder (1793-1860) is one of Hungary?s best known 19th century painters. Although he attracted the attention of some of Pest?s wealthiest patrons in the early 1820s, he left for Italy after studying at the Academy of Arts in Vienna in 1822-1824. There he spent the rest of his life, establishing a style that idealised the local landscape.
?These landscapes, including the scenes they contain, almost came to life through his pantheistic approach, thereby setting a pattern to be followed by several of his contemporaries. He became a master and role model not only for his children who also became painters, or for other Hungarian artists working in Italy, but for many Austrian and Italian artists of his era, too,? the museum says.
Photo: Hungarian News Agency (MTI)
