Hungarian Art History and Sitemap

Miklós Ligeti | Impressionist /Realist sculptor

Hungarian art has been both stunted and spurred on by pivotal historical events.

King Stephen’s conversion to Catholicism brought Romanesque and Gothic art and architecture, while the Turkish occupation nipped Hungary’s Renaissance in the bud.

The Habsburgs opened the doors wide to baroque influences. The arts thrived under the Dual Monarchy, through Trianon and even under fascism. Under communism much money was spent on classical music and 'correct' theatre. Under current economic conditions funding for the arts is being slashed.

Alexander Shevelev, 1964 | Impressionist painter

Александр Шевелёв was born in Rybinsk, Jaroslav, Russia. He studied Painting, Sculpture and Architecture at the "Sherehobich School" Leningrad.

He graduated in Architecture at the "I. Repin🎨 University". He is a member of the Group of Professionals of the European Union of Russian Artists. He is also a member of the Russian Federation.

Olga and Aleksey Ivanov | Egg tempera painters

The Ivanovs emigrated from Russia to the United States in 2002. There were a number of reasons for their move.

“We were working with a New York art agency by that time, and due to bureaucracy it was nearly impossible to deliver our art to clients on time”, says Aleksey.

“Also, the tremendous interest in our art in the U.S. gave us a clear message that this is the country where we want to create”.

John Leslie Breck (1859-1899)

John Leslie Breck was an American artist🎨 who died at the age of 39. During his short life he painted a number of notable works, and is credited with introducing Impressionism to the United States with a show in Boston in 1890.

He died in 1899, reported as death by gas poisoning, and is interred in Forest Hills Cemetery in Boston. His works remain in a number of American museums and private collections.

Theodore Wendel (1859-1932)

Born to German parents in Midway, Ohio, Theodore Wendel studied art at the McMicken School of Design before traveling to Munich, where he enrolled at the Royal Academy in 1876.

There he joined a circle of artists around Frank Duveneck, painting and traveling through Italy during the summers and spending winters at Duveneck’s school of art in Munich until his return to the United States in 1882.