Soma Orlai Petrich
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Mezoberény
Mezőberény is a town in Békés county, Hungary. It is located in the southern Great Alföld. In this town the road from Debrecen to Szeged crosses the railway line from Budapest to Bucharest.- Famous persons :* Soma Orlai Petrich painter...
- June 5, 1880, Budapest
Budapest
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) was a Hungarian painter. Petrich was born to a Serbian
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father and Hungarian mother.
He originally wanted to become a writer. He was a pupil of Jakab Marastoni in 1846 and attended Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller
Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller
Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller was an Austrian painter and writer.He briefly attended the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, but later had to finance his life by painting portraits. In 1811 he worked as a teacher of arts for the children of Count Gyulay in Croatia...
's school in Vienna
Vienna
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from 1847. He often painted historical themese and in his lithographs he portrayed experiences during the war of independence. He studied from Kaulbach
Kaulbach
Kaulbach is a surname:* Anton Kaulbach , German painter* Charles Edwin Kaulbach , a Canadian merchant, ship owner and political figure* Friedrich August von Kaulbach , German painter...
in Munich
Munich
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from 1850. He painted "The Corpse of Louis II" in 1851, a decade before Bertalan Székely
Bertalan Székely
Bertalan Székely was a Hungarian Romantic painter of historical themes. "The Discovery of Louis II's Dead Body", "Women of Eger", "Battle of Mohács", "Ladislas V" are among the most important of his historical paintings. Szekely is also known for his many murals.-External links:* *...
's painting. He was also a popular portraitist.