Balloon

Date: 1878
Medium: oil on canvas
Location: Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Dimensions: 41.5 x 39

Szinyei to start this painting caught the balloon with his cousin Béla Probstner. Balloon rises with it rises into the sky, people being parting down (however, they are visible in the image). Cousin actually a balloon later landed in Japan. The picture is interesting dual perspective - into the balloon almost see (the painted bottom), while the landscape is painted front. The image is subtitled Béla Probstner farewell at the start of his trip to Saros.

Szinyei Merse painted picture Balloon in 1878. Prevailing color of this fine art print is blue and its shape is portrait. Original size is 41.5 x 39. This art piece is located in Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest, Hungary. This image is printed on demand - you can choose material, size and finishing.

Pál Szinyei Merse (1845-1920). Hungarian painter and politician, who ranked among the best in Central Europe. His first important painting (Breakfast in Nature from 1873) was misunderstood by critics. After this failure, the artist devoted himself to politics for 20 years. However, he eventually returned to art and began to celebrate great success in large European cities (even with his painting The May Picnic). He developed a specific style of work with colour and light. He founded the first Hungarian Society of Modern Art and the Circle of Hungarian Impressionists. After his death, his students influenced the Hungarian art scene for a long time.