Olga Fialka
Olga Fialka | |
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Born | Theresienstadt, Austria-Hungary (now Czech Republic] | 19 April 1848
Died | 17 December 1930 Baia Mare, Romania | (aged 82)
Nationality | Austria-Hungarian |
Known for | Painting |
Spouse | Károly Ferenczy |
Olga Fialka (1848-1930) was an Austro-Hungarian artist and matriarch of the Ferenczy family of artists.[1]
Biography
[edit]Olga Fialka was born on 19 April 1848 in Theresienstadt.[2] She studied painting under Jan Matejko in Kraków. She went on to study under August Eisenmenger in Vienna. She created paintings and book illustrations. Around 1884 she married Károly Ferenczy with whom she had three children. Fialka turned her attention away from art and focused on raising her children.[3] The couple's first child Valér Ferenczy (1885-1954) became a painter and printmaker. In 1890 their twins were born. Béni Ferenczy (1890–1967) became a sculptor and Noémi Ferenczy (1890-1957) became a textile artist.[4]
Fialka died on 17 December 1930 in Baia Mare, Romania.[2]
Gallery
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Portrait of Béni Ferenczy
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Studies in primitive looms 1918
References
[edit]- ^ "Fialka, Olga von". Deutsche Biographie (in German). Retrieved 5 April 2021.
- ^ a b "Fialka, Olga, 1848-1930". The Library of Congress. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
- ^ "FIALKA, Olga". Képzőművészet Magyarországon - Fine Arts in Hungary. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
- ^ "Fialka, Olga von (Czech painter, 1848-1930, active in Hungary)". ULAN Full Record Display (Getty Research). Retrieved 5 April 2021.