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KUNFFY, Lajos (Kunfy)
KUNFFY, Lajos (Kunfy)
Painter
(Orci, 2nd October 1869 – Kaposvár, 12th March)
Besides his legal studies Kunffy was a pupil of the Technical Drawing School, as well as of the workshop of Pál Vágó. In 1890 he attended the private school of Simon Hollósy in Munich. In 1981 he spent a year at the Academy of Munic, where Hackel was his master. In the same year he enrolled in the Julian Academy of Paris, where he was the pupil of Jean-Paul Laurens and Benjamin Constant until 1894. In 1925 he received the National Pastel Award, the Genre Award in 1926, He also received Merit of Honor for Work in 1959, and was nominated Meritorious Artist in 1960. He became acquainted with Munkácsy, and spent another year in Munich in 1895. In 1897 he returned to Hungary where he finished his legal studies, and then returned to France. In 1899 he again returned to Hungary and painted at the estate of his father. In 1900 he moved to Budapest, then settled in Paris in 1901 with his wife, spending their summer at home in Hungary on their estate in Somogytúr. In 1913, after returning to Hungary again he worked in Budapest and Somogytúr. 1934 he moved permanently to his domain in the countryside. His early works are characterized by an academic style and the influence of Munkácsy (Jeremiás próféta /Prophet Jeremiahs/, 1895; Jób /Job/, 1986). During the turn of the century he painted decorative, symbolic, secessionist paintings (Bretagne-i tengerparton /On the seaside in Bretagne/, 1898; Feleségem pálmaházban /My Wife in the Palm-house/, 1903). He began dealing with the everyday struggles, holidays, of the peoples, and the village gypsies of Somogytúr already during his years spent in France, which became central themes of his images (Somogytúri gyermektemetés /Child’s Burial in Somogytúr/, 1907; Mezőgazdasági munkáscsalád-triptichon /Triptych of an Agricultural Working Family/, 1926). He depicted the life of the village dwellers and his close surroundings within the framework of brightly colored, light filled realist paintings (Somogytúri lakodalom /Wedding Celebrations in Somogytúr/, 1910; Cigányasszonyok a hídon /Gypsy Woman on the bridge/, 1911; Ebédelő aratók /Harvesters having lunch/, 1921). The small sized sketches prepared by him during his travels abroad (to Tunis in 1913, and Dalmatia between 1937 and 1938) show the influence of impressionism. He preserved his rich usage of colors even in his later works. Besides his still life, landscape, and genre-paintings, depicting peasant life, he also prepared a number of self-portraits. His works were first displayed at an exhibition in 1894, at the Salon des Artistes Français, in Paris. He also exhibited at the Gallery of Art in Budapest in the same year, and from there on his works were incorporated in every representative national exhibition held in Hungary. During his stay in France he exhibited at the Saloon of the Société National des Beaux Arts from 1902, as well as at the Salon d'Automne, of which he was nominated a sociétaire member. In 1903 he organized an exhibition of French Art in Budapest, for which he received the merit of the Hungarian Legion of Honor in 1905. He was awarded a number of merits and awards for his artistic activities. Kunffy was chosen the vice-president of the Society of Fine Arts. His museum was opened at his studio-house in Somogytúr in 1958, which was renovated and reopened to the public in 1979.
Painter
(Orci, 2nd October 1869 – Kaposvár, 12th March)
Besides his legal studies Kunffy was a pupil of the Technical Drawing School, as well as of the workshop of Pál Vágó. In 1890 he attended the private school of Simon Hollósy in Munich. In 1981 he spent a year at the Academy of Munic, where Hackel was his master. In the same year he enrolled in the Julian Academy of Paris, where he was the pupil of Jean-Paul Laurens and Benjamin Constant until 1894. In 1925 he received the National Pastel Award, the Genre Award in 1926, He also received Merit of Honor for Work in 1959, and was nominated Meritorious Artist in 1960. He became acquainted with Munkácsy, and spent another year in Munich in 1895. In 1897 he returned to Hungary where he finished his legal studies, and then returned to France. In 1899 he again returned to Hungary and painted at the estate of his father. In 1900 he moved to Budapest, then settled in Paris in 1901 with his wife, spending their summer at home in Hungary on their estate in Somogytúr. In 1913, after returning to Hungary again he worked in Budapest and Somogytúr. 1934 he moved permanently to his domain in the countryside. His early works are characterized by an academic style and the influence of Munkácsy (Jeremiás próféta /Prophet Jeremiahs/, 1895; Jób /Job/, 1986). During the turn of the century he painted decorative, symbolic, secessionist paintings (Bretagne-i tengerparton /On the seaside in Bretagne/, 1898; Feleségem pálmaházban /My Wife in the Palm-house/, 1903). He began dealing with the everyday struggles, holidays, of the peoples, and the village gypsies of Somogytúr already during his years spent in France, which became central themes of his images (Somogytúri gyermektemetés /Child’s Burial in Somogytúr/, 1907; Mezőgazdasági munkáscsalád-triptichon /Triptych of an Agricultural Working Family/, 1926). He depicted the life of the village dwellers and his close surroundings within the framework of brightly colored, light filled realist paintings (Somogytúri lakodalom /Wedding Celebrations in Somogytúr/, 1910; Cigányasszonyok a hídon /Gypsy Woman on the bridge/, 1911; Ebédelő aratók /Harvesters having lunch/, 1921). The small sized sketches prepared by him during his travels abroad (to Tunis in 1913, and Dalmatia between 1937 and 1938) show the influence of impressionism. He preserved his rich usage of colors even in his later works. Besides his still life, landscape, and genre-paintings, depicting peasant life, he also prepared a number of self-portraits. His works were first displayed at an exhibition in 1894, at the Salon des Artistes Français, in Paris. He also exhibited at the Gallery of Art in Budapest in the same year, and from there on his works were incorporated in every representative national exhibition held in Hungary. During his stay in France he exhibited at the Saloon of the Société National des Beaux Arts from 1902, as well as at the Salon d'Automne, of which he was nominated a sociétaire member. In 1903 he organized an exhibition of French Art in Budapest, for which he received the merit of the Hungarian Legion of Honor in 1905. He was awarded a number of merits and awards for his artistic activities. Kunffy was chosen the vice-president of the Society of Fine Arts. His museum was opened at his studio-house in Somogytúr in 1958, which was renovated and reopened to the public in 1979.
