Ferenc Martyn (1899 – 1986) was an artist and sculptor, Hungarian-born descendant of the Martyn tribe of

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, descended from the same branch of the

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as Edward Martyn of Tullira (1859 – 1923). His great-grandfather and brothers had settled in the

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by 1804 where they were employed as soldiers. Ferenc himself fought on the Italian front during

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, but subsequently made his home in

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. He returned to

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in 1940 where he died in 1986.

External links

Keptar.demasz.hu

Museum.hu

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1899 births 1986 deaths Hungarian painters Hungarian sculptors Hungarian people of Irish descent Modern painters Modern sculptors 20th-century sculptors Hungarian expatriates in France {{Hungary-sculptor-stub