Gyula Benczur

Place: Nyíregyháza

Born: 1844

Death: 1920

Biography:

Gyula Benczúr (28 January 1844, Nyíregyháza - 16 July 1920, Szécsény) was a Hungarian painter and art teacher. He specialized in portraits and historical scenes. His family moved to Kassa when he was still very young and he displayed an early talent for drawing. He began his studies in 1861 with Hermann Anschutz and Johann Georg Hiltensperger (1806...