Jozsef Bato - Artist Info

About Jozsef Bato

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Joseph Bato
  • Biography

    József Bató first studied at the Nagybány School of Painting, and from 1907-1909 studied at the Ecole des Arts et Métiers in Paris, where he was a pupil of George-Olivier Desvallières and Henri Matisse.

    From 1912 Bató lived and worked in Berlin, where he worked until 1936, when he emigrated to England. Impressionistic landscapes with motifs from his homeland determine the early work. Under the impression of the Parisian residence there is a neoclassical consolidation of form.

    In Berlin, he is known as a mural painter and connoisseur of the Italian Renaissance frescoes. In addition to landscape depictions, his oeuvre mainly includes city and harbor views.

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