Mihaly Munkacsy von Lieb (20 February 1844 - 1 May 1900), Hungarian Realist painter.
One of the most important Hungarian artists of the 19th century, Munkacsy began painting while he was in Arad, where he worked as a joiner. With the help of several patrons, he studied at the academies in Vienna, Munich and Dusseldorf and finished his first major work, The Condemned Cell in Dussseldorf in 1872. Together with his good friend Laszlo Paal, Munkacsy moved to Paris, where he would remain for the rest of his life. In 1874 he married the widow of the Baron de Marches, and his style dramatically changed, as the artist produced mainly salon scenes, still lifes and landscapes.
Much later he worked once again in a Realist style, producing a series of portraits, such as the portrait of Franz Liszt, and also several religious scenes. At the end of his career he also painted two monumental compositions, one for the House of Parliament and another one for the ceiling of the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna.
