Ferenc Martyn
Ferenc Martyn (1899 – 1986) was an artist and sculptor, Hungarian-born descendant of the Martyn tribe of County Galway, descended from the same branch of the Tribe as Edward Martyn of Tullira (1859 – 1923). His great-grandfather and brothers had settled in the Austro-Hungarian Empire by 1804 where they were employed as soldiers. Ferenc himself fought on the Italian front during World War I, but subsequently made his home in Paris.
Ferenc Martyn
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- Born
- 1899 · Kaposvár.
- Died
- 1986 · Pécs.
- Nationality
- Hungary
- Occupation
- sculptor · painter · illustrator · graphic artist · ceramicist
- Education
- Gymnasium of Cistercian Order of Louis the Great · Hungarian University of Fine Arts
- Honours
- Kossuth Prize · Munkácsy Prize
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Ferenc Martyn (1899 – 1986) was an artist and sculptor, Hungarian-born descendant of the Martyn tribe of County Galway, descended from the same branch of the Tribe as Edward Martyn of Tullira (1859 – 1923). His great-grandfather and brothers had settled in the Austro-Hungarian Empire by 1804 where they were employed as soldiers. Ferenc himself fought on the Italian front during World War I, but subsequently made his home in Paris.
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Identity
Identity
He returned to Hungary in 1940 where he died in 1986.
Ferenc Martyn is recorded as having studied at Gymnasium of Cistercian Order of Louis the Great and Hungarian University of Fine Arts. Formation and teaching. Martyn studied at Gymnasium of Cistercian Order of Louis the Great and Hungarian University of Fine Arts.
Martyn Ferenc egykori lakóháza Pécsen
Rippl Portrait of Ferenc Martyn
József Rippl-Rónai · Horváth János: Rippl-Rónai József ismeretlen mûvei Somogyi Múzeumok Közleményei, Kaposvár, 2007, p. 109–128, pic: p. 127
Life and career
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Life and career
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1899
Ferenc Martyn born at Kaposvár.
1986
Ferenc Martyn died at Pécs.
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Kaposvár.
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Pécs.
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- Getty Union List of Artist Names 500310912, Ferenc Martyn Collection.
General reference · The Getty Research Institute
- VIAF cluster 116132712 for Ferenc Martyn, aggregating national library name authorities.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q1166168: Ferenc Martyn
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- “Ferenc Martyn”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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Getty Union List of Artist Names 500310912, Ferenc Martyn Collection.The Getty Research Institute
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q1166168: Ferenc MartynWikimedia Foundation
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