Simon Hollósy
(1857–1918) Hungarian painter (1857–1918)
Simon Hollósy (Hungary, 1857–1918) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Simon Hollósy belongs to the chapter ‘Post-Impressionism and Symbolism’ in this site’s history of art.
Simon Hollósy was born in Sighetu Marmației and died in Tiachiv. Simon Hollósy trained at Academy of Fine Arts, Munich. The teachers included Bertalan Székely and Ludwig von Löfftz. Wikidata associates Simon Hollósy with naturalism and Nagybánya art colony. The students included Arthur Garguromin-Verona, Gyula Tichy, Tyra Stenberg, and Marian Kazimierz Olszewski.
The works belong mainly to the genre portrait. The catalogue has 9 works by Simon Hollósy with free images. The dated works span the years 1884–1916. Ungerns nationalgalleri holds at least one work by Simon Hollósy.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Sandor Bihari, Árpád Feszty, Alajos Strobl, Darío de Regoyos, and Antonio Herrera Toro.