The Nagybánya artists' colony originated in Munich, where many Hungarian painters received their training at the Munich Academy in the 1870s and 1880s. In the summer of 1886, a circle of artists led by Simon Hollósy travelled to Nagybánya, a town in eastern Hungary (now Baia Mare in Romania), to devote themselves to open-air painting. This summer residence for artists became a meeting place for the avant-garde and one of the most important artist colonies in Hungary, which was visited by numerous painters over several decades.
Bela Ivanyi-Grünwald 
