Gyula Benczúr
1844-1920 Hungary
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Brief Biography-Gyula Benczúr was a disciple of Hermann Anschütz, professor at the Royal Academy of Arts Munich. King Ludwig II commissioned him to do paintings in Rocco style. In 1876, he became a professor at the Royal Academy of Arts, and in 1883 he was a professor of the Masters' School of Painting in Hungary. The nobility of Hungary favoured him as a portraitist. Rubens influenced some aspects of his work. |
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