Mártonhegyi Road
by LIGETI, Antal, Oil on canvas, 59 x 94 cm
Antal Ligeti remained a faithful follower of K�roly Mark� the Elder throughout his entire career. Even during the 1870s he painted similarly to his mentor. Just like in Mark�’s landscapes, the golden rays flooding his pictures evoked Italian reminiscences. Ligeti spent a great deal of time travelling; he painted landscapes of the Middle East and of Hungarian as well. There were also several realistic details in these pictures.
In “M�rtonhegyi Road”, painted in 1876, he depicted the suburbs of the capital exactly as they looked at the time. Since then, this part of the Buda Hills has seen tremendous development, but one hundred years ago it was still a peaceful agricultural land. The outlines of the town are seen only in the distance. In the nearer side of the River Danube, the silhouette of Buda Castle and its buildings are discernible.