Olgyay Ferenc was a well-known Hungarian landscapist painting the lowlands and alluvial forests around the Danube. He was born in 1872 in Jászberény, and died in 1939 in Budapest. He studied arts first in Budapest and later also at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. After returning from his studies, he became the founding member of the Szolnok art colony. In 1893 – 1895, together with Medňanský, he participated in the events promoting the celebration of the 1000th anniversary of arrival of Hungarians to the Danube river basin. In 1907, Iványi-Grunwald Béla invited Olgyay to the art colony in Kecskemét, where he led painting and drawing courses. In 1914 he established an art school in Sárvár. After 1920 Olgyay lives and works in Budapest. In 1921, he becomes a regular member of the Benczúr’s society of artists. After 1909, he regularly participates in the National Salon exhibitions. His best paintings are owned by the National Gallery and the Kálmán gallery in Budapest. Olgyay’s painting combines the Munich luminism with impressionist and secessionist procedures, particularly applied in the iconographic profile of the landscapes from lowlands and alluvial forests. Bibliography: Művészeti lexikon. 3. kiad. 3. köt. Budapest : Akadémiai Kiadó., 1981-84. Művészeti lexikon. Szerk. Éber László. 2. köt. Budapest, Győző Andor, 1935. 232. o.