János Tornyai
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Born | János Tornyai 18 January 1869 Hódmezővásárhely, Hungary |
Died | 20 September 1936 Hódmezővásárhely |
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Known for | Painter |
Movement | Realism Post-Impressionism |
János Tornyai (January 18, 1869 – September 20, 1936) was a renowned Hungarian painter born in Hódmezővásárhely.
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Early life
Tornyai, the son of day labourers, studied at the School of Decorative Art in 1886-88, then a guest pupil of Bertalan Székely, Károly Lotz and János Gregus in 1888-89. He studied at the Académie Julian in Paris from 1894 where he was influenced by Mihály Munkácsy's art. He visited Germany and Italy in 1897, then returned to Hódmezővásárhely.
He had hardly enough to keep body and soul together, and had a studio from 1903 only. He started to collect folklore products together with Gyula Rudnay and Béla Endre and they founded a school in Hódmezővásárhely to save folk pottery. He lived in Mártély from the 1910s onwards where he painted a series of landscapes on the Great Plain. He moved to Budapest in 1919. He worked in Szentendre for a few months in 1933-34.
First he was Munkácsy's follower in portraying peasants' lives. His major works from this perio "Rákóczi in Rodostó", 1904, "The Outlaw's Love", 1907, and "Miklós Nagy Bercsényi", 1908. "Heritage" inspired him to paint landscapes with delicate colours ("Well-Sweep", "Hungarian Fate", etc.). In his late Szentendre period, colours became lighter and he was engaged in plein air ("Woman in Green Coat", 1932–34, etc.).[1]
He became interested in the Great Plain around 1904 and from then on he made several pictures about farmsteads of violent brushwork and swinging style. Hódmezővásárhely was the place he always returned to after his journeys to Budapest, Paris and Szentendre, and he spent his last years nearly, in Mártély. Very much serenity and great painting. In 1984, 718 pictures were found under the floor of his studio. Now these pictures are in the Tornyai Museum of Hódmezővásárhely.[2]
Gallery
Realistic style
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János Tornyai (1869-1936) Lesson on the Farm (1896).jpg
Lesson on the Farm (1896)
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János Tornyai (1869-1936) Bolting Girl (c.1900).jpg
Bolting girl (c. 1900)
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János Tornyai (1869-1936) The Legacy (1920).jpg
The Legacy (1920)
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János Tornyai (1869-1936) Making a Buch of Flowers (1933).jpg
Making a buch of flowers (1933)
Landscapes
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János Tornyai (1869-1936)Farm on the Great Hungarian Plain (c.1910).jpg
Farm on the Great Hungarian Plain (c. 1910)
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János Tornyai (1896-1936)Farm with Shadoof (1907).jpg
Farm with shadoof (1907)
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János Tornyai (1869-1936) Shadoof (Looming) (1910s).jpg
Shadoof with looming (1910)
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János Tornyai (1869-1936) Great Tree at Mártély (1910s).jpg
Great tree at Mártély (1910)
Post-Nagybánya style
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János Tornyai (1869-1936) Wheatland with Woman of Shawl (1912).jpg
Wheatland with woman of shawl (1912)
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János Tornyai (1869-1936) Cortyard in Sunshine(1928).jpg
Cortyard in Sunshine (1928)
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János Tornyai (1869-1936) Interior with Curtained Window (1929).jpg
Interior with Curtained Window (1929)
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János Tornyai (1869-1936) View at Szentendre(1933).jpg
View at Szentendre (1933)
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János Tornyai (1869-1936) Woman Standing in a Door (c.1933-34).jpg
Woman Standing in a Door (c. 1933-34)
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János Tornyai (1869-1936) On the Bench (1933-34).jpg
On the Bench (1933–34)
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János Tornyai (1869-1936) Window of the Atelier(1934).jpg
Window of the Atelier (1934)
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János Tornyai Interior (1934).jpg
Interior (1934)
References
- ↑ This biography (partly) is from Fine Arts in Hungary, see http://www.hung-art.hu/index-en.html
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- XIX-XX. century Hungarian painting. Ed. Ibos Éva. Transl. Havasi Máté. Kisújszállás : Pannon-Literatúra Kft., 2007. János Tornyai see 94-95. p. ISBN 978-963-9677-95-1
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