An eccentric and widely travelled painter, Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka never enjoyed much acclaim during his lifetime.
But since his death in 1919 his idiosyncratic work, influenced by post-Impressionism and Expressionism, has gained an audience, particularly in Hungary where his paintings now sell for more than a million Euros.
One of the first to recognise Csontváry’s talent was the architect and collector Gedeon Gerlóczy who eventually loaned his collection to Pécs to open a museum in 1973.
