Albert Nemethy Sr - Artist Info

About Albert Nemethy Sr

  • Biography

    The Nemethy family of New York has produced two generations of talented painters. Albert Szatmar Nemethy(1920-1998) was the first in a line of talented artists that includes his six children, Julian (b. 1948), Kristina, Georgina (b. 1950), Albert R., George, and Veronica.

    In 1950 Albert Sz. and his family escaped their native Hungary during the Communist takeover, traveling first to Austria and later settling in a German refugee camp. They emigrated to the United States, settling in Newburgh, New York, in the Hudson River Valley.

    There are frequent stylistic and compositional similarities in the family's paintings, often making it difficult to distinguish the artist. Albert Sz. is perhaps best known for ship port...

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