József Molnár (21 March 1821 – 6 March 1899) was a Hungarian painter. Molnár was born in

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and studied in

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and

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.Dénes Pataky ''Hungarian Drawings and Water-colours'' 1961 p18 "Though József Molnár (1821–1899) was the romantic painter most deeply rooted in the Biedermeyer style, it was he who proceeded furthest ahead. The stages of his years of study were Vienna, Italy — where he was fascinated by Marko's art" After his studies, he settled down in

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, where he earned money by painting portraits. He returned to Hungary in 1853 and started painting landscapes and historic paintings in Pest. Molnár died in

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Gallery

File:Molnár József - Forest Creek.jpg, ''Forest Creek'' File:Kálvin tér a Nemzeti Múzeummal (Molnár József, 1885).jpg, '' Kálvin tér'', 1885 File:Molnár On the Riverside.jpg, ''On the Riverside'' File:Molnár Birdsong 1878.jpg, ''Birdsong'' (''The Nightingale''), 1878 File:Molnár Kévekötő.jpg, ''Binder'' File:Molnár Árpádházi Margit halála 1857.jpg, ''Death of

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'', 1857

References

MOLNÁR, József
1821 births 1899 deaths Hungarian romantic painters Hungarian illustrators Landscape painters People from Zsámbék 19th-century Hungarian painters Hungarian male painters Romantic painters 19th-century Hungarian male artists {{Hungary-painter-stub