Pál Szinyei Merse

Pál Szinyei Merse (4 July 1845, Szinyeújfalu – 2 February 1920, Jernye) was a Hungarian painter and art educator.

In 1864, with the support of his parents, he enrolled at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, where he studied under Alexander von Wagner.

[2] He held that office until his death, encouraging young artists and supporting the art colony in Nagybánya.

In 1912, the Ernst Museum organized the largest exhibition of his works up to that time and he was awarded the small cross of the Order of Saint Stephen of Hungary.

After his death, a group of his friends created the "Szinyei Merse Society" to continue his work of discovering and promoting new, young artists.