Early Life, Family and Training Albert Bertalan was born on 21 September 1899 in Jászberény, Hungary. He was the son of Ignác Neuberger, a merchant who worked with wood, and Olga Frim. His family roots included his grandfather, Jakab Frim, who spent his life as a teacher for students with special needs. In the years following his birth, the name Albert Bertalan would eventually replace the name Neuberger Albert, a change that occurred after he transitioned to the Lutheran faith in 1921. His early encounters with art began through the guidance of Jenő Frim, who provided his first lessons. Th…
A chart of Albert Bertalan's corpus mapped not by date but by subject. Spokes are what they painted; rings are when; and the threads between stars reveal the patrons and places that secretly connect them.
Each arm of the atlas gathers works by what they depict: portraits, sacred scenes, mythologies, and the scientific studies. Click a spoke to swing that cluster to the top.
Distance from the center marks time. The innermost ring is the earliest period; the outermost, the final years. Style matures as you move outward.
Coloured lines link works bound by the same patron, commission, or theme. Trace a context to watch related clusters light up across subjects.