Béla Endre

Béla Endre (19 November 1870, in Szeged – 12 August 1928, in Mártély) was a Hungarian painter and designer, one of the most prominent representatives of the Great Plain School [hu].

He was born in the famous "Black House [hu]" of Szeged, built by his grandfather, the merchant Ferdinand Mayer (1817–1903).

Originally destined for a career in engineering, he chose to pursue art instead; studying painting locally for a few years, then at the Accademia Raffaello [it] in Urbino from 1895 to 1897 and the Académie Julian in Paris from 1898 to 1900.

In 1912, he helped to establish the "Majolica and Clay Artists' Society" (Művészek Majolika és Agyagipari Telep-ének) and held his first exhibition in Hódmezővásárhely.

His works show the influence of Mihály Munkácsy and the artists of the Nagybányai Art Colony [hu]; although they also have certain Post-Impressionistic features.