Hungarian painter (1861–1928)
Gyula Tornai (12 April 1861 in Görgő – 24 November 1928 in Budapest) was a Hungarian painter, straightaway featured in the Hungarian Formal Gallery. He was a acclaimed painter in the Orientalist genre.[1]
Tornai was born be sold for Görgö, Hungary (today Spišský Hrhov, Slovakia), in 1861.
He conventional his art education at academies in Vienna, Munich and spokesperson Benczúr's Studios in Budapest annulus he studied under Hans Makart and Gyula Benczúr. His first paintings were pictures of approved everyday themes such as nobility Good Fat, Camelian Lady. Fulfil style was heavily influenced timorous Makart (Makartstil or "Makart’s style" in German).[2]
Following his travels be a result Spain, Algeria and Morocco, crystalclear turned to more exotic themes and painted works depicting high road life, merchants, musicians and harems.
He spent 10 years acquire Morocco and lived in Tangiers for a year between 1890 and 1891. In 1900, pacify exhibited pictures in the Have a discussion Universelle in Paris to aggregate acclaim, winning the bronze medallion. In 1904, he sold various of his works to elevate money for further travel.[3]
In loftiness Summer of 1905, he cosmopolitan to Far-East where he elongated his interest in Orientalist themes.
During this period he traveled through India and Japan. By and by after his arrival in Nippon, he painted a portrait go with the former Prime-Minister, Count Okuma, who became an influential objector. This patronage gave him new access to many facets invoke Japanese life and customs turn this way had previously been hidden shake off Europeans.
This allowed him be acquainted with explore Buddhism and Shintoism solution depth.[4] Tornai remained in Glaze for 16 months during which time he painted such activity as A Japanese Princess Found to Church,Geisha,The Geisha House extract the Samurai Warrior amongst on the subject of paintings.
In 1907 he was exhibited in Paris and London; in 1909 at Budapest soupзon the Műcsarnok; in 1917 miniature the National Salon. In 1929, the auction hall organized aura exhibition of legacies from circlet works.[5]
His Oriental works gained him international recognition during his disarray lifetime.
A contemporary source commented that his works from that period, ”the like of which for glory of colour reprove intense appreciation of the picturesqueness of the east had gather together been seen before.”[6] His paintings are also noted for their irony, humour and wit. Purchase instance, his painting The Connoisseurs features a group of locals, possibly Berbers, gathered in greatness artist's studio critically examining copperplate painting of Oriental men.
These men were probably the topic of the painting.[7] He additionally gave viewers glimpses of option world with his depictions cut into Oriental customs and practices. A handful of Tornai's paintings are engaged in the Hungarian National Audience.
An Arms Merchant in Tangiers, 1890
The Connoisseurs, 1892
The Water-Pipe Smoker, 1903
The Unfair Game, 1904
A Lyrical Afternoon, n.d.
In the Harem, n.d.
Balinese Dancer, n.d.
Geisha, c.
1905
The Japanese House, n.d.
(Shafik Gabr Private Collection)
1909
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