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Carthusian Monastery in the Vicinity of Rome

1858 · Magyar Nemzeti Galéria, Budapest

landscape

Károly Telepy spent two years in Rome drawing antique ruins and other monuments. On this picture three old cypresses can be seen with a Carthusian monastery in the background. According to the tradition the trees were planted by Michelangelo.

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Carthusian Monastery in the Vicinity of Rome

About the Artist

Károly Telepy

1828 – 1906

Hungarian painter. Telepy, a pupil of Miklós Barabás, studied in Munich and at the Venice Academy in 1852-57. He visited Rome in 1857. Initially, he painted portraits in Barabás's style, but he also did some altar pictures. His later academic-romantic landscapes were inspired by his experiences abroad (Swiss Landscape, and Rome) and in Hungary ( Ruins of Diósgyõr Castle, Dévény", Lake Balaton at Aliga, Mátraszentkereszt etc.). From 1861 until his death, he was the secretary of the Art Society in Budapest. In this capacity he played an important role in the art life of his time.

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