Sz. Kürti Katalin: Munkácsy és Colpach (Békéscsaba, 2010)

Resume. Munkácsy and Colpach

amount of expenses. In those years the one-time resort house became a real splendid casde suitable for receiving a larger group of high-ranked guests. It was often frequented by the Kalocsa archbishop Lajos Haynald and Ferenc Liszt, the portraits of whom were immortalised by the painter. The castle was visited by Ede Reményi, Jenő Hubay, the composer and performer Ferenc Korbay and more American guests: e.g. the press magnate József Pulitzer, the millionaires Blumenthal and J. Wanamaker. Out of Munkácsy s painter colleagues László Paál, E. Bertier, Gustave Dóré, the Belgian Emile Ch. Wauters, the Austrian Hans Temple were staying here. The latter two painted the portrait of Munkácsy as well. The Passion pictures: the Christ Before Pilate and the Calvary presented in America were bought by Wanamaker in 1887. Munkácsys disciples and assistants (e.g. József Rippl-Rónai, László Pataky) collaborated in copying the masters works delivered to America.

To his Salon pictures he often used his luxurious environment, salon, or the veranda in Colpach. Here he made the works entitled the Little Sugar Thief

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