Jenő Barcsay (1900-1988) is one of the most influential personalities of 20th century Hungarian art, who as a painter and as a teacher also had a major impact on a line of artist generations. Jenő Barcsay was born 115 years ago, on 14 January 1900 in Katona, Transylvania. In the period from 1919 to 1924 he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, his mentors were János Vaszary and Gyula Rudnay. He met Béla Endre in 1925, and spent summers in Mártély from 1925 to 1928.