Ferenczy Károly
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Károly Ferenczy (Vienna, 1862. February 8. – Budapest, 1917. March 18.) Hungarian Impressionist painter. He was one of the leading artist of the Nagybánya school of painting. He studied law and economics. He began to deal with painting at the Julian Academy in Paris. In 1889, he moved back to Hungary, to the town of Szentendre. Between 1893 and 1896 he lived in Munich with his family: There he joined the circle of Simon Hollósy: with whom he moved to Nagybánya in 1896 and became the leading painter of the artist colony. After 1906 he moved to Budapest and became the professor of the College of Fine Arts. His wife Olga Fialka and their children, the painter Valér Ferenczy (1885-1954), the tapestry weaver Noémi Ferenczy (1890-1957) and the sculpture Béni Ferenczy (1890- 1967) were famous representatives of Hungarian art.
