Viktor Olgyai

When he was still a child, his family moved to Levoča where he attended the public schools and began preparing for a career in the priesthood.

[1] He returned to Lőcsé in 1890 and experienced a sort of epiphany while spending time in the nearby pine forests.

In 1891, he enrolled at the University of Budapest where he continued his linguistic and literary studies, but persevered with his drawing and sent one of sketch books to Artúr Tölgyessy, who encouraged him to pursue his interest in art.

[1] After a visit to Tölgyessy's studio in Margitta, and with the support of his brother Bertalan, he enrolled at the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna and studied landscape painting with Eduard Peithner von Lichtenfels.

He became a lithographer and went to Banská Bystrica in 1902, where he helped to create a literary and art magazine called "Havi Szemle" (Monthly Review), which he edited.