KARVALY MÓR (MAURICE)

MÓR (MAURICE) KARVALY (1860 – 1899)

He was born in 1860 in Uzhhorod. The artist graduated from the high school in his hometown. He received his art education under the direction of the famous Transylvanian artist Bertalan Székely and then continued his studies in Vienna and Munich. Subsequently, during the mid-1880s, he also studied in Paris at the studios of the artists Courtois and Dagnan Bauveret. The artist stayed to live and work in Paris, changing his name to Maurice and becoming a follower of the French school of painting. The artist's works are distinguished by the expressive design and colour. He skilfully works with both graphics and painting. The main creative preferences of the artist are genre scenes from everyday life and portraits, which are especially distinguished by the accuracy of depicting person’s nature and realistic characters. It is known that he made illustrations for magazines "Ország-Világ" and "Magyar Salon", as well as romantic and humorous illustrations for postcards that were especially popular.

In 1888 and 1889, the artist's paintings (in the portrait genre) were exhibited at the Paris Salon. Humorous genre paintings were exhibited in the art gallery of Budapest. One work of Mor Karvaly can be seen in the Hungarian National Gallery. The most famous works of the artist are "First Cigarette", "Swiss Inn", "Naughtiness", "Pleasant Burden", "Little Rest", "Portrait of General".

An artist died in a small Italian town Merano in 1899.

Oleksandr Nikitchuk