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József Molnár

Born : 1821Died : 1899Documented citizenships : Hungary

József Molnár (1821–1899) was a Hungarian painter whose studies took him to Venice, Rome and Munich. He subsequently settled in Stuttgart, where he painted portraits, before returning to Hungary in 1853. Based in Pest, he developed a practice encompassing landscapes and historical scenes.

The Hungarian National Gallery holds The Departure of Abraham, dated 1850, and an Idyll in Pompeii from the mid-1870s. Alongside these biblical and ancient subjects, he also painted scenes of everyday life. A Mother and Child Crossing a Sluice, a signed oil on canvas catalogued by Schuler, offers one example. An old label on the reverse gives the Hungarian title Zsilip, meaning “sluice”. Molnár died in Budapest in 1899.

This profile brings together identity references for József Molnár and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.

Documented auction references

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1documented result with a price

Schuler

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Works recorded at auction

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Schuler · Lot 3330

Mutter mit Kind über eine Schleuse gehend

Oil on canvas

Original catalogue wording

Mutter mit Kind über eine Schleuse gehend
Öl auf Leinwand

Catalogue period : 2016-12-16

Published result : 5000 CHF

Fees not specified in the available data

Estimate : CHF 900–1300

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Profile updated : 2026-10-21