Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka

✶July 5, 1853

†June 20, 1919

4 candles burning, 12 lit in all

About their life

Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka born Mihály Tivadar Kosztka was a Hungarian painter who was part of the avant-garde movement of the early twentieth century. Working mostly in Budapest, he was one of the first Hungarian painters to become known in Europe. He belonged to no specific school of art, but his works included elements similar to those of the foremost painters of Post-impressionism. Many critics consider him Hungary’s greatest painter. On 15 December 2006 the Kieselbach Gallery in Budapest sold an auction the most expensive Csontváry painting so far. The Rendezvous (1902) was bought by an anonymous client for more than one million EUR.

Slovak painter (1853-1919)

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