Baron Laszlo Mednyanszky (Slovak: Ladislav Mednanský) (23 April 1852 - 17 April 1919) or Ladislaus Josephus Balthasar Eustachius Mednyanszky, the painter-philosopher, is one of the most enigmatic figures in the history of Hungarian and Slovak art. Despite an aristocratic background, he spent most of his life moving around Europe working as an artist. Mednyanszky spent considerable periods in seclusion but mingled with people across society - in the aristocracy, art world, peasantry and army - many of whom became the subjects of his paintings. His most important works depict scenes of nature and poor, working people, particularly from his home region in Kingdom of Hungary. He is also known as a painter of Slovak landscape (Upper Hungary) and...