Artist
Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka
Hungarian, 1853–1919
Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka was a Hungarian Expressionism artist. 7 works are cataloged here, principally at Hungarian National Gallery. Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka was born in Sabinov.
Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka born Mihály Tivadar Kosztka (Hungarian pronunciation:; 5 July 1853 – 20 June 1919) 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) ("Meeting of the lovers") was bought by an anonymous client for more than one million EUR.
His works are held by the Hungarian National Gallery in Budapest and the Csontváry Museum in Pécs, among other institutions and private collectors.
Works by Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka
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