JEWELLERY, ANTIQUE & ART AUCTION Tuesday, 6 October 2020 - 10:00 AM start
Laszlo Pataky von Sospatak (Hungarian 1857-1912)
Realised: $3,500 plus premium
Lot Details
Untitled - Horses at the Well, oil on canvas, signed, 435 x 585mm. Note: Sospatak studied at the arts and crafts school in Budapest then after 1880, at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich with Karl von Piloty as his primary instructor. He continued his education in Paris and, from 1883 to 1889, travelled between Paris, Budapest and Munich. In 1888, he was awarded a scholarship for his painting "The Messenger", which enabled him to study with Mihály Munkácsy. In addition to working in his studio, he helped him create his monumental painting, "Hungarian Conquest", for the Hungarian Parliament Building. When that was completed, he returned to his home province and settled in Alvinc.
