MARCZELL, GYORGY (1897-1979)

“Hungarian Gothic” (1969)
Oil on canvas
60 x 92cm
Signed lower right
*private collection, Melbourne
 
Marczell was a prominent Hungarian painter, graphic designer and teacher. He studied at the Budapest College of Fine Arts. His teacherrs were famous Hungarian painters Viktor Tardos Krenner, Imre Révész, János Vaszary, Gyula Rudnay, István Csók. He was a teaching assistant for a while with István Csók. He taught at the Dombóvár Grammar School from 1922 to 1940. He went on a study trip to Italy in 1934 and 1937. He exhibited first in Transdanubian cities, then in the capital, Budapest. At the Ernst Museum he exhibited his works with Rafael Győző in 1964 and in 1965 at a separate exhibition. He has several works in the public collection at the Hungarian National Gallery.