Béla Pállik [SEP] place of death
Béla Pállik
Béla Pállik (2 February 1845, Nagymihály – 27 July 1908, Budapest) was a Hungarian artist, opera singer and theater director. He was best known for his animal paintings and was nicknamed "Birkapiktor" ("Sheep-painter").
Biography.
He went to Budapest to pursue his art studies and work in the studios of , a German painter who was living there at the time. His parents were unable to support his studies for long, so he chose to support himself
Street) — Animal artist Béla Pállik, who was mockingly called "sheep-painter", built his atelier in 1891 by plans of Vince Medek. Three studios on the second floor were rented to other painters. The house was inherited by his daughter, Margit Pállik in 1908. It was sold in 1916 to sculptor Gina Stricker who later married to avantgarde painter Károly Kernstok. They rebuilt the house in 1936 which remained Kernstok's studio until his death in 1940. The building housed ateliers during the second half of the 20th