Olga Fialka facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Olga Fialka
Portrait of the Artist's Wife 1892 by Károly Ferenczy
Born	(1848-04-19)19 April 1848 Theresienstadt, Austria-Hungary (now Czech Republic]
Died	17 December 1930(1930-12-17) (aged 82) Baia Mare, Romania
Nationality	Austria-Hungarian
Known for	Painting
Spouse(s)	Károly Ferenczy

Olga Fialka (1848-1930) was an Austria-Hungarian artist and matriarch of the Ferenczy family of artists.

Biography

Olga Fialka was born on 19 April 1848 in Theresienstadt. She studied painting under Jan Matejko in Kraków. She went on to study under August Eisenmenger in Vienna. She created paintings and book illustrations. Around 1884 she married Károly Ferenczy with whom she had three children. Fialka turned her attention away from art and focused on raising her children. The couple's first child Valér Ferenczy [de] (1885-1954) became a painter and printmaker. In 1890 their twins were born. Béni Ferenczy (1890–1967) became a sculptor and Noémi Ferenczy (1890-1957) became a textile artist.

Fialka died on 17 December 1930 in Baia Mare, Romania.

Gallery

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  Portrait of Béni Ferenczy

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  Studies in primitive looms 1918

See also

In Spanish: Olga Fialka para niños