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Jakab Marastoni, originally Jacopo Antonio Marastoni (24 March 1804,
@ Képzőművészet Magyarországon He soon became a much sought-after portrait painter. In 1846, he created the ''Első Magyar Festészeti Akadémiát'' (First Hungarian Academy of Painting) which, as the name suggests, was the first school in Hungary devoted exclusively to painting. It was a private school, but numbered
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Jakab Marastoni, originally Jacopo Antonio Marastoni (24 March 1804, Venice
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– 11 July 1860, Pest) was a portrait painter and lithographer
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in the Austrian Empire.
Biography
In 1830, he began his studies in Rome. He settled in Pest in 1836, having come by way of Vienna andPressburg
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.Brief biography@ Képzőművészet Magyarországon He soon became a much sought-after portrait painter. In 1846, he created the ''Első Magyar Festészeti Akadémiát'' (First Hungarian Academy of Painting) which, as the name suggests, was the first school in Hungary devoted exclusively to painting. It was a private school, but numbered
András Fáy
András Fáy (; 30 May 178626 July 1864) was a Hungarian author, lawyer, politician and businessman.
Life
He was born at Kohány (today Kochanovce, suburb of Sečovce) in the county of Zemplén, and was educated for the law at the Protestant ...
, Gábor Döbrentei
Gábor Döbrentei (1 December 1785 – 28 March 1851) was a Hungarians, Hungarian philologist and antiquary.
Background
He was born in a city in the Kingdom of Hungary called Somlószőlős. As the son of itinerant Evangelical-Lutheran Church in H ...
and Archduke Stephen, Palatine of Hungary
Archduke Stephen Francis Victor (; ; 14 September 1817 – 19 February 1867) was a member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine and the last Palatine of Hungary, serving from 1847 to 1848.
Biography
He was the son of Archduke Joseph, Palatin ...
among its patrons and supporters. The school also sold shares to the general public. Károly Lotz
Lotz Károly Antal Pál, or Karl Anton Paul Lotz (16 December 1833 – 13 October 1904) was a Germans, German-Hungarian people, Hungarian Painting, painter.
Career
Karl Lotz was born in Bad Homburg vor der Taunus, Höhe, Germany, the 7th an ...
, Mihály Zichy
Mihály Zichy (; ; 15 October 1827 – 28 February 1906) was a Hungarian painter and graphic artist. He is considered a notable representative of Hungarian romantic painting. He lived and worked primarily in St. Petersburg and Paris during hi ...
, Soma Orlai Petrich
Soma Orlai Petrich, aka Soma Orlay-Petrich (October 22, 1822, Mezőberény - June 5, 1880, Budapest) was a Hungarian painter famous for his historical paintings and portraits.
Petrich was born to a staunchly evangelical Serbian father and Hu ...
and Mihály Kovács Mihály Kovács may refer to:
* Mihály Kovács (handballer)
* Mihály Kovács (painter)
Mihály Kovács (18 July 18183 August 1892) was a Hungarian painter.
Kovács was born in Abádszalók and died in Budapest. Several of his paintings can ...
were some of the school's best-known students. Shortly after founding the school, Marastoni was named an Honorary Citizen
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of Pest.
In his later years, he became Hungary's first professional Daguerrotypist
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Invented by Louis Daguerre and introduced worldwide in 1839, th ...
. In 1859, his health began to deteriorate rapidly and he had to give up teaching. He soon went blind, and died in a mental institution. The school was closed shortly thereafter.
His son, , was also a well-known painter and lithographer in Vienna.
References
Further reading
* Péter Kornelia, ''Marastoni Jakab'', Vol.38 in the Hungarian Art History series fromPázmány Péter Catholic University
Pázmány Péter Catholic University (PPKE) ( (''PPKE'')) is a private university in and near Budapest, Hungary, belonging to the Catholic Church in Hungary, Catholic Church and recognized by the state. While PPKE takes its name after an insti ...
(1936)
* ''Új magyar életrajzi lexikon IV''. (L–Ő). Editor-in-Chief, Markó László. Budapest: Magyar Könyvklub. 2002
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