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1823 - 1890. Known for: Painting.
Born into a Hungarian merchant family with no artistic aspirations, Antal Ligeti’s success as a landscape painter is even more impressive. Ligeti travelled through Italy settling for a time in... Read full biography
Born into a Hungarian merchant family with no artistic aspirations, Antal Ligeti’s success as a landscape painter is even more impressive. Ligeti travelled through Italy settling for a time in Naples and later Florence, where he met Hungarian painter Karoly Marko, who became his mentor and... Read full biography
Born into a Hungarian merchant family with no artistic aspirations, Antal Ligeti’s success as a landscape painter is even more impressive. Ligeti travelled through Italy settling for a time in Naples and later Florence, where he met Hungarian painter Karoly Marko, who became his mentor and teacher. After a brief period spent in Munich, he returned to Hungary to fight in the Hungarian revolution of 1848. Later, while living in Sopron, Ligeti also attempted to make a living from his... Read full biography
Born into a Hungarian merchant family with no artistic aspirations, Antal Ligeti’s success as a landscape painter is even more impressive. Ligeti travelled through Italy settling for a time in Naples and later Florence, where he met Hungarian painter Karoly Marko, who became his mentor and teacher. After a brief period spent in Munich, he returned to Hungary to fight in the Hungarian revolution of 1848. Later, while living in Sopron, Ligeti also attempted to make a living from his portrait paintings, but quickly moved to Pest and returned to landscapes when unsuccessful to do so. Count Istvan Karolyi became a fervent patron of Ligeti, allowing him to reside in his palace in Fót and financing various expeditions to Egypt,... Read full biography
Born into a Hungarian merchant family with no artistic aspirations, Antal Ligeti’s success as a landscape painter is even more impressive. Ligeti travelled through Italy settling for a time in Naples and later Florence, where he met Hungarian painter Karoly Marko, who became his mentor and teacher. After a brief period spent in Munich, he returned to Hungary to fight in the Hungarian revolution of 1848. Later, while living in Sopron, Ligeti also attempted to make a living from his portrait paintings, but quickly moved to Pest and returned to landscapes when unsuccessful to do so. Count Istvan Karolyi became a fervent patron of Ligeti, allowing him to reside in his palace in Fót and financing various expeditions to Egypt, Palestine, Italy, Syria, Cyprus and Malta. During his 1855 travels, Ligeti created a large number of sketches, many of which were later us... Read full biography