Painting and Sculpture

Americo Makk

Americo Makk (born Imre Makk; August 24, 1927 – May 5, 2015) was a Hungarian-born painter known for his work in portraiture and ecclesiastical art. After early artistic training in Hungary and Italy, he lived and worked in Brazil. In 1962, Makk emigrated to the United States. His subjects included political figures such as U.S. presidents Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan, as well as religious murals and paintings commissioned by churches and government institutions. Early life and education Imre Makk was born in 1927 in Győrszentmárton, Hungary (now known as Pannonhalma), to Katalin (née Samoday) and Pál Makk, who worked as a financial supervisor for the Benedictine monks at Pannonhalma Archabbey. Makk developed an early interest in art, beginning to sketch at the age of six, and was encouraged by the Benedictine brothers to nurture his artistic talent. Although his parents advised him to pursue a more stable career in architectural engineering, he chose instead to study painting at the Hungarian National Academy of Fine Arts in Budapest from 1945 to 1948. At the age of 21, he was awarded a scholarship to study at the Academy of Fine Art in Rome, where he specialized in ecclesiastical art and studied the works of Renaissance masters, including Raphael, Michelangelo, and Leonardo da Vinci. Makk eventually taught at the Rome Academy of Fine Art and received the Vatican Portrait Award for his painting of Cardinal József Mindszenty, a leading opponent of communism in Hungary. The portrait was permanently installed in the Vatican.

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• ▸Adoration of the Magi (Velázquez)
• ▸Cuphea
• ▸Albert Bierstadt

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