Aladár Körösfői-Kriesch Explained

Aladár Körösfői-Kriesch
Birth Date:29 October 1863
Birth Place:Buda, Hungary
(today part of Budapest)
Death Place:Budakeszi, Hungary
Nationality:Hungarian
Field:Art Nouveau painter
Movement:Gödöllő Art Colony
Patrons:Bertalan Székely
Károly Lotz

Aladár Körösfői-Kriesch (29 October 1863 – 16 June 1920) was a Hungarian Art Nouveau painter.

He was born in Buda, the son of hydro-biologist and zoologist János Kriesch. He was a co-founder with Sándor Nagy of the Gödöllő Art Colony, which introduced Art Nouveau style (also called Secession) in Hungary.

Bibliography