János Thorma, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

János Thorma

Hungarian painter

Date of Birth: 24-Apr-1870

Place of Birth: Kiskunhalas, Bács-Kiskun County, Hungary

Date of Death: 05-Dec-1937

Profession: painter

Nationality: Hungary

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About János Thorma

  • János Thorma (24 April 1870 – 5 December 1937) was a Hungarian painter.
  • A representative figure of the Nagybánya artists' colony, which started in 1896, in Nagybánya, Austria-Hungary (today Baia Mare, Romania), He moved through different styles, shifted from the naturalism that was the aesthetic of the colony, to historical subjects, to romantic realism and to a Post-Impressionism style.
  • His work is held by the Hungarian National Gallery, the Thorma János Múzeum, regional museums and private collectors. In 1966, the Hungarian National Gallery held a major commemorative exhibition, The Art of Nagybánya, commemorating the innovations of Thorma and fellow artists.
  • In February 2013, it opens a major retrospective of more than 100 pieces of János Thorma's work, drawing from numerous institutions and private collectors in Europe.

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