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1855 Nucet, Romania - 1906 Budapest, Hungary. Known for: Deprative pattern drawing, painting, photography retouching.
Sándor Bihari (19 May 1855, Rézbánya – 28 March 1906, Budapest) was a Hungarian genre painter. Born to a Jewish family, Sándor spent his childhood in Nagyvárad. Originally, he worked with his father... Read full biography
Sándor Bihari (19 May 1855, Rézbánya – 28 March 1906, Budapest) was a Hungarian genre painter. Born to a Jewish family, Sándor spent his childhood in Nagyvárad. Originally, he worked with his father as a decorative painter. In 1874, he moved to Budapest, where he did retouching at a photography... Read full biography
Sándor Bihari (19 May 1855, Rézbánya – 28 March 1906, Budapest) was a Hungarian genre painter. Born to a Jewish family, Sándor spent his childhood in Nagyvárad. Originally, he worked with his father as a decorative painter. In 1874, he moved to Budapest, where he did retouching at a photography studio while attending a drawing school operated by Bertalan Székely. Two years later, he used his meager resources on a move to Vienna, where he hoped to enroll in the Academy of Fine Arts. At first he... Read full biography
Sándor Bihari (19 May 1855, Rézbánya – 28 March 1906, Budapest) was a Hungarian genre painter. Born to a Jewish family, Sándor spent his childhood in Nagyvárad. Originally, he worked with his father as a decorative painter. In 1874, he moved to Budapest, where he did retouching at a photography studio while attending a drawing school operated by Bertalan Székely. Two years later, he used his meager resources on a move to Vienna, where he hoped to enroll in the Academy of Fine Arts. At first he had to find work as a retoucher again and might have remained in that position, had he not received a gift of 600 Forints from Székely, which enabled him to quit his job and enter the Academy. He returned to his hometown, where he spent three years... Read full biography
Sándor Bihari (19 May 1855, Rézbánya – 28 March 1906, Budapest) was a Hungarian genre painter. Born to a Jewish family, Sándor spent his childhood in Nagyvárad. Originally, he worked with his father as a decorative painter. In 1874, he moved to Budapest, where he did retouching at a photography studio while attending a drawing school operated by Bertalan Székely. Two years later, he used his meager resources on a move to Vienna, where he hoped to enroll in the Academy of Fine Arts. At first he had to find work as a retoucher again and might have remained in that position, had he not received a gift of 600 Forints from Székely, which enabled him to quit his job and enter the Academy. He returned to his hometown, where he spent three years struggling as a portrait painter until a benefactor who liked his work provided the means for him to study in Paris. He travelled there in... Read full biography
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Sándor Bihari (19 May 1855, Rézbánya – 28 March 1906, Budapest) was a Hungarian genre painter. Born to a Jewish family, Sándor spent his childhood in Nagyvárad. Originally, he worked with his father as a decorative painter. In 1874, he moved to Budapest, where he did retouching at a photography studio while attending a drawing school operated by Bertalan Székely.
Two years later, he used his meager resources on a move to Vienna, where he hoped to enroll in the Academy of Fine Arts. At first he had to find work as a retoucher again and might have remained in that position, had he not received a gift of 600 Forints from Székely, which enabled him to quit his job and enter the Academy.
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