Genre scene with a love couple was executed by good listed Hungarian portrait, genre painter and graphic artist Akos Tolnay (1861 - Budapest - 1923). The artist studied in Budapest, then at the Art Academies in Vienna and Munich, his works are represated in the National Gallery in Budapest.
Literature : in German: Thieme/Becker "Lexicon of artists from antique to contemporary", Leipzig, 1999; in Hungarian: Dr.Szabo-Kalai " Lexicon of nungarian Artists", Budapest, 1997.
Inscription: signed lower left.
Technique: oil on canvas. Luxuriousy original period frame.
Measurements: unframed w 18 1/2"x h 24" (47 x 61 cm), framed w 24 1/4" x h 29 1/3" ( 61,5 x 74,5 cm).
Condition: in very good condition. |