(The native form of this personal name is Csontváry Kosztka Tivadar. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.) Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka (July 5, 1853 – June 20, 1919); Hungarian painter who was part of the avant-garde movement of the early 20th century. Working mostly in Budapest, he was one of the first Hungarian painters to become known in Europe. On 15 Dec. 2006 the Kieselbach Gallery in Budapest sold an auction the most expensive Csontváry painting so far. The Rendezvous (1902) (Meeting of the lovers) was bought by an anonymous client for more than one million euro. ...Although Csontváry was obsessed with his Magyar roots, he grew up speaking Slovak mixed with German. He was a pharmacist until his twenties. On 13 Oct. 1880, when he was 27 years old, he had a mystic vision. He heard a voice saying, "You will be the greatest sunway painter, greater than Raphael!" ....Often his pictures are very large, several metres wide and height is not unusual. Most critics in Western Europe recognized his abilities, art and congeniality, but in the Kingdom of Hungary during his life, he was considered to be an eccentric crank for several reasons, e.g. for his vegetarianism, anti-alcoholism, anti-smoking, pacifism, and his cloudy, prophetic writings and pamphlets about his life (Curriculum), genius (The Authority, The Genius) and religious philosophy (The Positivum). Some of his biographists considered this as a latent, but increasingly disruptive schizophrenia. Although he was later acclaimed, during his lifetime Csontváry found little understanding for his visionary, expressionistic style. A loner by nature, his “failure” impaired his creative power. He painted more than 100 pictures, the most famous and emblematic of which is probably The Lonely Cedar (Magányos cédrus). His art connects with post-impressionism and expressionism, but he was an autodidact and cannot be... (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tivadar_Csontv%C3%A1ry_Kosztka) undefined

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