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Gyula Tornai
Self-portrait
Born
Gyula Tornai

1861
Died1928
MovementAcademic Art

Gyula Tornai (1861 in Görgő – 1928 in Budapest) was a Hungarian painter, now featured in the Hungarian National Gallery. He was a noted painter in the Orientalist genre. [1]

Education and career

Tornai received his art education at Vienna, Munich and at Benczúr's Studios in Budapest. His initial paintings were pictures of popular themes such as the Good Fat, Camelian Lady. Following his travels to Spain, Algeria, Morocco and India and Japan he turned to more exotic themes. In 1905, he travelled to Far-East where he continued his interest in Orientalist themes, painting the Geisha and the Samurai Warrior amongst other paintings. In 1907 he was exhibited in Paris and London, in 1909 at Budapest; in the Műcsarnok, in 1917 at the National Salon. In 1929, the auction hall organized an exhibition of legacies from his works. [2]

His paintings are noted for their irony, humour and wit. For instance, his painting The Connoisseurs features a group of locals, possibly Berbers, gathered in the artist's studio critically examining a painting of Oriental men who were probably the subject of the painting. [3]

  • The Connoisseurs, 1892
    The Connoisseurs, 1892
  • The Unfair Game, 1904
    The Unfair Game, 1904
  • The Jewelry Maker, n.d.
    The Jewelry Maker, n.d.
  • The Moorish Smoker, n.d.
    The Moorish Smoker, n.d.
  • The Water-Pipe Smoker, 1903
    The Water-Pipe Smoker, 1903
  • Balinese Dancer, n.d.
    Balinese Dancer, n.d.
  • Geisha, 1904
    Geisha, 1904

References

  1. ^ Davies, K., Orientalists: Western Artists in Arabia, the Sahara, Persia, New York, Laynfaroh, 2005, p. 60
  2. ^ Benezit Dictionary of Artists, Online:http://mek.oszk.hu/00300/00355/html/ABC15363/15863.htm
  3. ^ Davies, K., Orientalists: Western Artists in Arabia, the Sahara, Persia, New York, Laynfaroh, 2005. p. 60

Further reading

Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Vol. 10/232.

Thieme Becker Encyclopaedia. Vol. XXXIII/291.

Cyclopaedia of Hungarian Painters and Graphic Artists. Vol. 625.

Art Encyclopedia. Vol. IV/565.

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