Hugo Poll - Artist Info

About Hugo Poll

  • Biography

    Painter. He studied art in Munich from 1886, at the private school of Simon Hollósy, and then in Paris, at the Julian Academy. His masters: Bouguereau, Rober-Fleury, Lefebvre. He mainly exhibited plein air still lifes and landscapes in Budapest. He lived in France for a long time, painting mainly motifs of Brittany and Normandy. At home, he immortalized Lake Balaton and the Dömsöd area. He won the Grand Prize of the Fine Arts Society. In 1920, he received the State Pastel Prize. He was honored in Paris in 1950. He exhibited at the Mucsarnok in 1907, 1923, and 1928. His works can be seen in the Hungarian National Gallery.

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