Simon Hollosy - Artist Info

About Simon Hollosy

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Hollosy Simon
  • Biography

    After his studies in the Pattern Drawing School in 1875, and at the Munich Academy between 1878 and 1882. He established his independent school in Munich in 1886, and supervised in Nagybánya from 1896 to 1901. He was a teacher with a great influence upon pupils, many of whom followed him after he broke with Nagybánya, first to Fonyód (1902), then to Vajdahunyad (1903) and finally to Técso; during which time his Munich school was also in operation.
    Bibliography: Réti, István: Hollósy Simon 1857-1918, (Magyar Muvészeti Könyvtár, 6-7), Budapest, Amicus, 1927. o Németh, Lajos: Hollósy Simon és kora muvészete, Budapest, Képzomuvészeti Alap, 1956. o Kárpát-medencei magyar paletta. Técsoi Hollósy Napok, 1993, (Kárpátaljai Magyar Könyvek, 32)...

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