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Pál Balkay
Hungarian painter and teacher (1785–1846) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Pál Balkay (1785 –1846) was a Hungarian painter and teacher best known for his portrait of The Sister and Brother.
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He was born in Tiszaörs. Following his studies in Vienna, on the invitation of Ferenc Kazinczy, the reformist thinker who supported his activities, Balkay returned in 1808 to Hungary, where he taught art in the town of Eger from 1817.
He painted many altar pictures and allegorical compositions on mythological figures and themes including "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.[citation needed]
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The Sister and Brother
Balkay's 1820 allegorical painting A Tudomány és Szép Mesterségek Emlékezetére
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