Mihály Kolbe was born on 9th August 1907, Légrád. He began to deal with fine arts in the circle of Vilmos Aba Novák and Károly Patkó. Between 1925 and 1931 he studied at the Fine Arts Academy. As a student of Oszkár Glatz he went on a study trip to Italy in 1926 and Paris in 1931. Later he moved to Mohács. In 1933 he obtained the MArcell Nemes itinerary scholarship and went to Italy for three months.