All Tivadar Kosztka Csontvary 's Paintings
The Painting Names Are Sorted From A to Z


Choice ID Image  Paintings (From A to Z)       Details 
98353 Csontvary A panaszfal bejaratanal Jeruzsalemben  Csontvary A panaszfal bejaratanal Jeruzsalemben   between 1902(1902) and 1903(1903) Medium oil on canvas Dimensions Height: 205 cm (80.7 in). Width: 293 cm (115.4 in). cjr
98357 Pilgrimage to the Cedars in Lebanon  Pilgrimage to the Cedars in Lebanon   1907(1907) Medium oil on canvas Dimensions 205 x 200 cm (80.7 x 78.7 in)
98354 Rendez-vous of Lovers  Rendez-vous of Lovers   c. 1902 Medium oil on canvas Dimensions Height: 69.2 cm (27.2 in). Width: 54.2 cm (21.3 in).
98356 Ruins of the Ancient theatre of Taormina  Ruins of the Ancient theatre of Taormina   1904 - 1905 Medium oil on canvas Dimensions Height: 302 cm (118.9 in). Width: 570 cm (224.4 in).
90707 Self-portrait  Self-portrait   Date c. 1900(1900) Medium oil on canvas Dimensions 39.5 x 67 cm (15.6 x 26.4 in) cjr
98355 Springtime in Mostar  Springtime in Mostar   1903(1903) Medium oil on canvas Dimensions 91 x 69 cm (35.8 x 27.2 in)
98358 The Solitary Cedar  The Solitary Cedar   1907(1907) Medium oil on canvas Dimensions Height: 194 cm (76.4 in). Width: 248 cm (97.6 in).

Tivadar Kosztka Csontvary
born 1853 - d. 1919) was a Hungarian painter. He was one of the first Hungarian painters to become well known in Europe. Csontvery was born on 5 July 1853 in Kisszeben, Seros County, Kingdom of Hungary (today Sabinov, Slovakia), and died 20 June 1919 in Budapest. His ancestors were Poles who settled down in Hungary. Although Csontvery was obsessed with his Magyar roots, he himself grew up speaking Slovak mixed with German. He was a pharmacist until his twenties. On a hot sunny afternoon, 13 October 1880, e when he was 27 years old e he experienced a mystic vision. He heard a voice saying "you will be the greatest sunway painter, greater than Raphael!" He took journeys around Europe, visited the galleries of the Vatican, then went home to collect money for his journeys working as an apothecary. From 1890 onwards he traveled around the world. He visited Paris, the Mediterraneum (Dalmatia, Italy, Greece), North Africa and the Middle East (Lebanon, Palestine, Egypt, Syria) and painted pictures. He painted his major works between 1903 and 1909. He had some exhibitions in Paris (1907) and Western Europe. Most of the critics in Western Europe recognized his abilities, art and congeniality, but in the Kingdom of Hungary during his life he was considered to be an eccentric crank for several reasons, e. g. for his vegetarianism, anti-alcoholism, anti-nicotinism, pacifism, his latent, but more and more apparent schizophrenia and his cloudy, prophetic writings and pamphlets about his life (Curriculum), genius (The Authority, The Genius) and religious philosophy (The Positivum). Even though later he was acclaimed, during his lifetime Csontvery's visionary, expressionistic style found little understanding. A loner by nature, the master's mental balance was upset by his efailuree impairing his creative power. Little did he know that some years after his death, an entire museum in Paris, Hungary, would be devoted to his paintings, and that worldwide appreciation of his works would be in constant ascendancy. Many painters, e.g. Picasso added a stone to Csontvery's cairn.

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