Mór Than

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The native form of this personal name is Than Mór. This article uses the Western name order.

Mór Than Than Mór
Contemporaneous etching of Mör Than, by Rusz Károly (hu)
Birth name	Than Mór
Born	(1828-06-19)June 19, 1828
Died	March 11, 1899(1899-03-11) (aged 70)
Nationality	Hungarian

Mór Than (Óbecse, 19 June 1828 –Trieszt, 11 March 1899) was a Hungarian painter.

Born at Óbecse, he was educated in Italy and Vienna beside his cooperation with similar famous painters in his homeland. He worked in a realistic – pre-impressionist style. His subjects were mostly historic events and portraits but also mythological or fantasy themes. His painted frescos which decorate several prominent public buildings in Budapest.

Mór Than also designed the first Hungarian postage stamp in 1848,^[1] but it was never used because Hungary remained part of the Austrian Empire in that time, after the Hungarian Revolution of 1848.

Young Woman Wearing a Renascence Dress, 1886 (private collection)
The Feast of Attila by Mór Than (1870), at the Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest
Postage stamp design, 1848

References

↑ Visnyovszki, Gábor (1996). Stamps. Budapest: Állami Nyomda. p. 85.

External links

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Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 96322915 LCCN: n79107631 ISNI: 0000 0000 8007 7737 GND: 1026389321

Persondata
Name	Than Mor
Alternative names
Short description	Hungarian artist
Date of birth	19 June 1828
Place of birth
Date of death	11 March 1899
Place of death

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