Pictures of Budapest – the fairy-tale window art of Miksa Róth - English

Budapest owes a lot to renowned stained-glass artist and mosaicist, Miksa Róth, a key figure of Hungarian Art Nouveau. So many nooks and corners hide a little of his work, whether it's Parliament, schools, mansions, residential houses or the luxurious villas of Zugló.

Coming from a family of glass artists, young Miksa Róth was able to acquire the secrets of glass painting in the workshop of his father, Zsigmond. Following in his father's footsteps, he founded his first workshop in 1885. He didn’t really become well-known until a decade later, during the National Millennium Exhibition of 1896, when he made the glass paintings for the new Parliament building. His art then changed from the then popular Historicist style to Art Nouveau.

Thanks to this new approach, his works showcasing allegorical figures, swirling tendrils and colourful flowers were born out of this Art-Nouveau style. To read more about Miksa Róth, see our latest article here.