Aladár Körösfői-Kriesch
Aladár Körösfői-Kriesch (29 October 1863 – 16 June 1920) was a Hungarian Art Nouveau painter. He was born in Buda, the son of hydro-biologist and zoologist János Kriesch. He was a co-founder with Sándor Nagy of the Gödöllő Art Colony, which introduced Art Nouveau style (also called Secession) in Hungary.
Also recorded as Aladar Korosfoi-Kriesch · Aladár Krisch
Aladár Körösfői-Kriesch

Rudolf Balogh · Vasárnapi Ujság, 1910. 19. szám, 398. oldal · Public domain
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- Aladár Körösfői-Kriesch
- Born
- 29 October 1863
- Birthplace
- Buda, Hungary (today part of Budapest)
- Died
- 16 June 1920
- Place of death
- Budakeszi, Hungary
- Field
- Art Nouveau painter
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- Gödöllő Art Colony
- Nationality
- Hungary
- Occupation
- painter · sculptor
- Fields
- Art Nouveau
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• Name — Aladár Körösfői-Kriesch • Born — 29 October 1863 • Birthplace — Buda, Hungary (today part of Budapest) • Died — 16 June 1920 • Place of death — Budakeszi, Hungary • Field — Art Nouveau painter • Movement — Gödöllő Art Colony • Patrons — Bertalan Székely Károly Lotz Aladár Körösfői-Kriesch (29 October 1863 – 16 June 1920) was a Hungarian Art Nouveau painter. He was born in Buda, the son of hydro-biologist and zoologist János Kriesch. He was a co-founder with Sándor Nagy of the Gödöllő Art Colony, which introduced Art Nouveau style (also called Secession) in Hungary.
Aladár Körösfői-Kriesch tomb in Gödöllő Urban Cemetery.
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Budapest, Zeneakadémia, Világi-lakodalmi zene – Egyházi zene c. szecessziós freskó (Körösfői Kriesch Aladár (festőművész), 1907, a földszinten, a Najádok forrása c. kút két oldalán, a fal felső sávjában)
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- Kovalovszky, Márta: A modern magyar festészet remekei: 1896-2003. Corvina, Budapest, 2005. "Körösfői-Kriesch Aladár" p. 23.;
- Nagy, Sándor: Életünk Körösfői Kriesch Aladárral (Gödöllő, 2005.)
- Körösfői-Kriesch Aladár - Artportal
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