József Molnár (21 March 1821 – 6 March 1899) was a Hungarian painter.
Molnár was born in
Zsámbék and studied in
Venice,
Rome and
Munich.[1] After his studies, he settled down in
Stuttgart, where he earned money by painting portraits. He returned to Hungary in 1853 and started painting landscapes and historic paintings in
Pest.
^Dénes Pataky Hungarian Drawings and Water-colours 1961 p18 "Though József Molnár (1821–1899) was the romantic painter most deeply rooted in the Biedermeyer style, it was he who proceeded furthest ahead. The stages of his years of study were Vienna, Italy — where he was fascinated by Marko's art"