Mihály Munkácsy
(1844–1900) ungersk målare
Mihály Munkácsy (Hungary, 1844–1900) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Mihály Munkácsy belongs to the chapter ‘Impressionism’ in this site’s history of art.
Mihály Munkácsy was born in Mukachevo and died in Endenich. Mihály Munkácsy trained at Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, and Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. The teachers included Antal Ligeti, Carl Rahl, and Franz Adam. Mihály Munkácsy became a member of Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts. Mihály Munkácsy was awarded honorary citizen of Mukachevo. The students included Fritz von Uhde.
The works belong mainly to the genre portrait. The catalogue has 66 works by Mihály Munkácsy with free images. The dated works span the years 1850–1899. Works by Mihály Munkácsy are held by several collections, among them Ungerns nationalgalleri, Déri Museum, Kunsthistorisches Museum, and Metropolitan Museum of Art. Wikidata links one work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘Realism’.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Heinrich von Angeli, Syrius Eberle, Peter Johann Theodor Janssen, Albert Neuhuys, and Hugo Kauffmann.