Ottó Baditz

Ottó Baditz, (19 March 1849, in Tótkeresztúr – 21 April 1936, in Magyarkeresztúr) was a Hungarian painter and illustrator who specialized in scenes with women and children.

Upon obtaining his law degree,[1] the bibliographer and scholar Lajos Eötvös [hu] encouraged him to continue his artistic studies.

For almost twenty years, he stayed in Munich, where he shared a studio with Béla Spányi and sent his paintings to exhibitions in Paris and London as well as Budapest.

He was a regular participant in the Nemzeti Szalon [hu] (National Salon) and briefly served as its director.

He also produced numerous book illustrations for works by József Kiss, Sándor Bródy and Mór Jókai, among others.

Self-portrait (1913)
Women in the Prison (1899), his most often reproduced painting.