Artist · 6 prints
Gyula Tornai Prints
About Gyula Tornai
Gyula Tornai (1861–1928) was a Hungarian painter, born in Görgő in the Kingdom of Hungary, today Spišský Hrhov in Slovakia. He studied first in Vienna and then at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, and in 1883 he joined Gyula Benczúr's master school in Budapest. He lived and worked in Budapest, where he died in 1928.
Tornai is known for Orientalist figure paintings of street life, markets, musicians and interiors. He travelled in North Africa, including a stay in Tangier, and later made study trips to India and Japan. Eastern motifs run through both his figure paintings and his still lifes. He exhibited at the Műcsarnok and the Nemzeti Szalon in Budapest, and abroad in Paris and London. The Hungarian National Gallery in Budapest holds several of his works.
Gyula Tornai prints: reproductions of the Orientalist paintings Hungarian artist Gyula Tornai made of North African street and interior scenes. The collection includes A Street Musician in Tangier Playing the Saz (1891), At the Bazaar, The Interrupted Game of Draughts, The Smoker and The Guard.
Our selection focuses on single figures and small groups: a smoker, a guard, a street musician, players at a board game and a favourite of the household. Patterned textiles, carved woodwork and warm reds and browns recur across the works, painted with close attention to costume.
These works suit living rooms, studies and dining rooms. All prints are museum-quality reproductions, available unframed or framed with acrylic glazing, with free shipping and import duties covered.
