Békéscsaba - Mihály Munkácsy Museum

The major 19th C. Hungarian painter (1844-1909, was apprenticed to a cabinet-maker in Békéscsaba, and later lived and worked in Vienna, Munich, Düsseldorf and Paris. Munkácsy, whose real name was Lieb and who was descended from a Bavarian family who had settled in Hungary 200 years earlier, became famous for his realistic genre scenes and still lifes. Some of his works and personal effects are on display in the museum, together with some beautiful and rare specimens of the local fauna as well as folklore items. In front of the museum stands a statue of Munkácsy by Miklós Borsos.