Antal Ligeti

1823 – 1890

Hungarian painter. Ligeti, who worked as a merchant initially, learnt to paint under Károly Markó in Italy in 1845. After returning to Hungary from his trip to Palestina and the Near-East, he was appointed the guard of the Gallery of the Hungarian National Museum. His religious romantic landscapes reflect the impact of Markó and the journeys to the East. His major works: Catalogue of the Pictures in the Hungarian National Museum with Short Biographies (1870), and Mihály Munkácsy's Youth (1891).

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