Gyula Benczúr
(1844–1920) Hungarian artist (1844–1920)
Gyula Benczúr (Hungary, 1844–1920) is listed in the catalogue as a painter, a printmaker, and a draughtsman. By year of birth, Gyula Benczúr belongs to the chapter ‘Impressionism’ in this site’s history of art.
Gyula Benczúr was born in Nyíregyháza and died in Benczúrfalva. Gyula Benczúr trained at Academy of Fine Arts, Munich. Gyula Benczúr studied under Karl von Piloty. Gyula Benczúr worked in Košice, Budapest, and Munich. Wikidata associates Gyula Benczúr with academic art. Gyula Benczúr became a member of Hungarian Academy of Sciences. The students included Ignác Ujváry, Gyula Glatter, and Christian Eggen.
The works belong mainly to the genre history painting. The catalogue has 48 works by Gyula Benczúr with free images. The dated works span the years 1863–1920. Works by Gyula Benczúr are held by several collections, among them Hungarian National Gallery, Slovak National Gallery, Hungarian National Museum, and Ungerns nationalgalleri.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Heinrich von Angeli, Mihály Munkácsy, Syrius Eberle, Peter Johann Theodor Janssen, and Albert Neuhuys.