Pál Balkay was a Hungarian

Hungary

Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

 painter

Painting

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 and teacher

Teacher

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 best known for his portrait of the Sister and Brother.

Balkay was born in Tiszaörs

Tiszaörs

Tiszaörs is a village in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary.-Geography:It covers an area of and has a population of 1525 people ....

. Following his studies in Vienna

Vienna

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, upon the invitation of Ferenc Kazinczy

Ferenc Kazinczy

Ferenc Kazinczy was a Hungarian author, the most indefatigable agent in the regeneration of the Magyar language and literature at the end of the 18th and beginning of the 19th century...

, the reformist thinker who supported his activities all along, he returned to Hungary in 1808 where he taught art in the town of Eger

Eger

Eger is the second largest city in Northern Hungary, the county seat of Heves, east of the Mátra Mountains. Eger is best known for its castle, thermal baths, historic buildings , and red and white wines.- Name :...

 from 1817.
He painted many altar

Altar

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 pictures and allegorical compositions on mythological figures and themes including the (Leda and the Swan, 1810 and The House of Peace in 1820. His well-known works include the portraits of Kazinczy and his wife as well as his self-portrait. He died in Eger

Eger

Eger is the second largest city in Northern Hungary, the county seat of Heves, east of the Mátra Mountains. Eger is best known for its castle, thermal baths, historic buildings , and red and white wines.- Name :...

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