Mór Than
Mór Than (19 June 1828 – 11 March 1899) was a Hungarian painter.
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 Contemporaneous etching of Mör Than, by Rusz Károly | |
| Born | Than Mór June 19, 1828 |
| Died | March 11, 1899 (aged 70) |
| Nationality | Hungarian |
Biography
Born at Óbecse (today Bečej, Serbia), Than was educated in Italy and Vienna beside his cooperation with similar famous painters in his homeland. He worked in a realistic – pre-impressionist style. His subjects were mostly historic events and portraits but also mythological or fantasy themes. He painted frescos which decorate several prominent public buildings in Budapest.
Than also designed the first Hungarian postage stamp in 1848 which entered into prepess,[1] but since the Revolution of 1848 failed, Kossuth's Hungarian State collapsed and the platens have been destoyed by Austrian authorities. Than died in Trieszt in 1899.
Gallery
Young Woman Wearing a Renascence Dress, 1886 (private collection)
The Feast of Attila by Mór Than (1870), at the Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest
Portrait of Ágnes Rosty (1865)
Postage stamp design, 1848
References
- Visnyovszki, Gábor (1996). Stamps. Budapest: Állami Nyomda. p. 85.
External links
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