József Rippl-Rónai

József Rippl- Ronai (* May 23, 1861 in Kaposvar, † November 25, 1927 ) was a painter of Symbolism and Impressionism late and a pioneer of modernism in the Hungarian painting.

Life

After graduating Rippl- Ronai first completed a study of pharmacy in Budapest. In 1884 he went to Munich to study at the Academy under Johann Caspar Herterich and Wilhelm von Diez academic painting, won a scholarship and two years later was able to go to Paris to work at Munkácsy. In 1889 he lived in Pont -Aven and broke away from Munkácsy. He had his first solo exhibition in 1892 in the Austro-Hungarian Embassy in Paris.

His first major success was the exhibition of the picture my grandmother in 1894 at a Salon de Champ -de- Mars, which earned him the acceptance and inclusion in the group of artists Nabis, which makes it the " Nabi hongrois ". He was in 1899 for a long time guest of Aristide Maillol in Banyuls -sur -Mer and there painted landscapes, seascapes and his host.

Four more are still on the Symbolist, reduced color, "black" period defined - - In his various artistic phases was it always about him, do not conform to a group or school, but to develop your own style and maintain this difference. His goal was to become a great artist, he could only achieve with originality.

He not only painted, but devoted himself, like his colleagues, also of applied art and designed everyday objects. The designed by him and the French of his partner and later wife Lazarine Boudrion executed embroideries won a prize at the Paris World Exhibition. From his Hungarian patron Andrássy he got auszustaffieren the job living space and 1912, he received an order for glass windows in the new building of the Ernst- Museum, both in Budapest, where he has stayed back, the design was also shown in 1912 on the Sonderbundausstellung in Cologne.

He taught at the free art school in Budapest, among others Sándor Bortnyik and István Beöthy, a "school " but he could not justify in Hungary. The recognition in his home country he won only with difficulty and in stages. When he in 1927 he designed the estate, the Villa Roma in Kaposvar, died, he was a Hungarian who had been in Paris and from the " West" ( " Nyugat " ) was returned to the group of authors of the Nyugat he had portrayed in pastels.

The redesigned Rippl- Ronai of baroque home and studio is a museum, hanging on the walls and paintings from his brother Odon the collection.

His hometown was named after him, the Regional Museum, which has extensive holdings of his work.

Autobiography

• Emlekezesei, Nyugat Budapest 1911 ( memoirs, Hungarian)