Classical landscape at dusk was executed Albert Fáy, Slovkian-Hungarian painter Albert Fay (1821, Bodoló (Bodulov/Slovakia) - 1892, Budapest). Brother of Mór Fáy, father of the painter and composer Zoltán Fáy. He lived in Košice (Kassa/Slovakia) in the 1840s and created the painting "The Entry of Archduke Stephen into Košice" (now in the museum there) in 1847. He volunteered in the Hungarian Wars of Liberation of 1848–49. Afterwards, he settled in Pest (Budapest). Besides religious subjects, he painted detailed portraits, landscapes, and still lifes. 

WORKS: BERCEL, Catholic Church: High altar of Saints Peter and Paul, 1889(?). BUDAPEST-Újlak, Parish Church: 14 Stations of the Cross, 1871. – Tabán, Parish Church, Sacristy: Baptism of Christ, altarpiece, 1873. – Museums: BUDAPEST, National Museum of Hungary – Hungarian National Museum of Hungary. ESZTERGOM, Museum of Cultural History. KOSICE, Východoslovenské music. MISKOLC, Herman O. Múz. VÁC, Tragor I. Múz.

EXHIBITIONS: 1853 Pest, artist union

BIBLIOGRAPHY ThB11, 1915. MagyKépLex, 1915; Révai Nagy Lex., XX, Bp. 1927 (to his son); MuevLex II, 1966; Magyar Életrajzi Kalauz, Celldömölk 2000 (the vital data confused with another A.F.). – Árverési Közlöny 1938(6)8; I.Genthon/I.T.Berkovits, Esztergom mueemlékei, Bp. 1948; Magyarország mueemléki topográfiája, III (Nógrád), Bp. 1954

Inscription: signed in Hungrian F.Fay Albert fecit ( in English translation: painter Fay Albert fesit  (painted by)and dated 1843, lower right.

Technique: oil on canvas. Antique wood frame.

Measurements: unframed w 15" x h 11 1/8" (38,2 x 28,2 cm); framed w 22 1/2" x h 18 1/2" (57 x 47 cm)

Condition: in  good condition.