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Mihály Zichy

1827 – 1906

Mihály Zichy was a a Hungarian painter and graphic artist. During his law studies in Pest from 1842, he attended Jakab Marastoni's school as well.

In Vienna he was Waldmüller's pupil in 1844. "Life Boat", his first major work, comes from this time. On Waldmüller's recommendation, he became an art teacher in St. Petersburg. From 1850 onwards, he worked as a retoucher, but he also did pencil drawings, water colours and portraits in oil. He founded a society to support painters in need. He travelled around Europe in 1871, and settled down in Paris in 1874.

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