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Baron Lszl Mednynszky or Ladislaus Josephus Balthasar Eustachius Mednynszky , the painterphilosopher, is one of the most enigmatic figures in the history of Hungarian art. Despite an aristocratic background, he spent most of his life moving around Europe working as an artist. Mednynszky spent considerable periods in seclusion but mingled with people across society in the aristocracy, art world, peasantry and army many of whom became the subjects of his paintings. His most important works depict scenes of nature and poor, working people, particularly from his home region in Kingdom of Hungary. He is also known as a painter of folklore of Upper Hungary .
Mednynszky was born in Beck, Kingdom of Hungary, Habsburg Monarchy , to Eduard Mednynszky and Maria Anna Mednynszky, both from landowning families. He came from a Hungarian noble family. Some say he was of Slovak origin, however, according to others, he was born into a Hungarian family with Polish and Hungarian ancestry. One of his grandmothers, Eleonora Richer was of French origin. His native tongue was Hungarian and it is not even sure he could speak in Slovak.
Source: Wikipedia