(October 22, 1822, Mezőbereny - June 5, 1880, Budapest) was a Hungarian painter. Petrich was born to a Serbian father and Hungarian mother.
He originally wanted to become a writer. He was a pupil of Jakab Marastoni in 1846 and attended Ferdinand Georg Waldmeller's school in Vienna from 1847. He often painted historical themese and in his lithographs he portrayed experiences during the war of independence. He studied from Kaulbach in Munich from 1850. He painted "The Corpse of Louis II" in 1851, a decade before Bertalan Szekely's painting. He was also a popular portraitist.
Pintura Identificación:: 98364
Poet Sandor Petofi new26/Soma Orlai Petrich-865733.jpg oil on canvas
Dimensions Height: 140 cm (55.1 in). Width: 100 cm (39.4 in).
Pintura Identificación:: 98365
Ms. Perenyi Gathering the Dead after the Battle at Mohacs new26/Soma Orlai Petrich-847487.jpg 1860s
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions Height: 48 cm (18.9 in). Width: 81 cm (31.9 in).