Karoly Fulop was born in 1893 in Czabadka, Hungry. He was a painter, sculptor, and watercolorist.

Fulop studied art in Budapest, Munich, and Paris, but it was medieval art that most influenced his style. His paintings, watercolors and sculptures all have the decorative quality and detail typical of the Byzantines, a style that can still be seen today in many buildings in Budapest. Also evident in his work is the influence of the Vienna and Hungarian Secessionist movements. Fulop is an artist of unique and curious combinations; he incorporated his Catholic background with symbolist images, very modern yet in the tradition of past generations.

As Fulop traveled other influences appeared in his work, his subjects refl...