Mór Than
Appearance
Mór Than Than Mór | |
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Born | Than Mór June 19, 1828 |
Died | March 11, 1899 | (aged 70)
Nationality | Hungarian |
Mór Than (Óbecse, 19 June 1828 –Trieszt, 11 March 1899) was a Hungarian painter.
Born at Óbecse, he was educated in Italy and Vienna beside his cooperation with similar famous painters in his homeland. He worked in a realistic – pre-impressionist style. His subjects were mostly historic events and portraits but also mythological or fantasy themes. His painted frescos which decorate several prominent public buildings in Budapest.
Mór Than also designed the first Hungarian postage stamp in 1848,[1] but it was never used because Hungary remained part of the Austrian Empire in that time, after the Hungarian Revolution of 1848.
References
- ^ Visnyovszki, Gábor (1996). Stamps. Budapest: Állami Nyomda. p. 85.
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The Feast of Attila by Mór Than (1870), at the Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest
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Postage stamp design, 1848