Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka, the Painter of Lights Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka remains a captivating enigma in the landscape of Hungarian art—a painter whose life was as dramatic and unconventional as the canvases he produced. Born Mihály Tivadar Kosztka on July 5th, 1853, in Kisszeben (modern-day Sabinov, Slovakia), his origins were steeped in a fascinating confluence of cultures. His father, Dr. László Kosztka, was a physician and pharm…