Jozsef Koszta - Artist Info

About Jozsef Koszta

  • Biography

    József Koszta (27 March 1861 – 29 July 1949) was a Hungarian painter whose major works include Girl with Geraniums, Corn Snappers and Woman Drying Plates.

    Born on 27 March 1861, Koszta trained at various schools of art, including the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, which he attended in 1891 on a scholarship, and the Master School of Gyula Benczúr. He studied under Károly Lotz and Bertalan Szekely. He became a member of the Szolnok Art Colony and worked largely in solitude on a farm he shared with landscape artist István Nagy for many years.

    Koszta's artistic vision began to emerge in the 1920s. Working in the realism school, he focused heavily on images depicting peasant life, utilizing strong t...

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