Makk Studios represents the art work of three artists, Eva and Americo Makk and their son A.B. Makk.

A multitude of information can be found in the Makk Family's second book "A Vision of Life" along with over 200 color pages of their beautiful and captivating art work. Excerpts from the book can be found below. The book can be purchased for $75 plus $15 S/H.

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"Since the Renaissance, the world has been the inheritor of a priceless art legacy beginning with da Vinci, Michelangelo and Rembrandt and carrying through to Turner, Manet, Reynolds, Gainsborough and Renoir. In our own time, a family unique in all art history is adding to that legacy." pg 6

"Americo Imre Makk was born into a cultured family in Pannonhalma Gyor, Hungary, where his father was a highly respected executive of the Benedictine Abbey which was founded over a thousand years ago. Americo received his early education from the monks at the Saint Benedictine High School who recognized early on that his artistic efforts were far above ordinary and showed great promise. His teachers saw that the young Americo was different from most youngsters in that his insight was more penetrating and he possessed a keen sensitivity. After high school, he enrolled in the Hungarian National Academy of Fine Arts in Budapest. There he flourished and astonished his professors with a perception that caused them to call him "colleague" -- an honor rarely bestowed upon a student. Under excellent tutelage, his form and technique soon equated with his inspiration and sensitivity until at the age of only 21, he was rewarded for his outstanding talent and achievements with an Italian scholarship." pg 6

"Eva's parents were of a noble Hungarian family and at the time of her birth in Ethiopia, her landowner father was advisor to Emperor Haile Selassie. He and his wife nurtured the brightness of their baby daughter who showed a precocious artistic talent and inquisitiveness early on that was far beyond her years." pg 6

"At four years of age, she was drawing what she felt. When she depicted a scene, it contained an essence of the noble and pure that exists in all life when perceived with a deep reverence and sensitivity. That a four-year-old child comprehended and was able to express this deep truth, indicated a genius that needed delicate and careful cultivation." pg 6

"She received formal education in private schools in several countries of Africa as well as from tutors throughout her childhood. When unrest became prevalent in Africa, the family moved to France where Eva enrolled in the Academy of Fine Arts in Paris. After completing her studies summa cum laude, they moved to Rome where she enrolled in the Academy of Fine Arts; there she met Americo. When Dr. Holusa, her father, resolved to leave war-scarred Europe for South America, Americo joined the family. Americo and Eva were married in Brazil." pg 6

A.B. Makk picked up, with ease, the rhythm of this unusual and extraordinary family of artists. The team expanded and became a triumvirate! Born in Sao Paulo at the beginning of his parents' careers in art, A.B. short for Americo Bartholomew took up brush and palette as normally as other children reach for ice cream cones -- with enjoyment and pleasure. He absorbed his parents' techniques, developed a blend of his own and now works in his own unique genre. pg 6

Indians of the Brazilian Amazon

"Our pounding hearts reached a pitch that blocked out the sounds of screeching macaws and screaming monkeys as we took our first step into the Amazon jungle. Every fiber in our bodies was filled with anticipation and with the knowledge that the next stop could be the step to wonders or disaster." pg 14

Eva Makk: My Philosophy on Art

"Since art is related to everything else, it seeps through the senses as a molding force and impresses upon us its subliminal message. I feel a finely-tuned need for interaction with beauty and wish to capture, even a small portion, of God's beauty in my works." pg 43

A.B. MAKK: Influences on my art.

"Growing up with parents such as mine was a unique experience filled with wonder, excitement, thrills tempered with hardships, fears and anguish. My early years were spent following them throughout South America while they worked on murals or collected research material for their projects. On the surface that might seem like an easy task, but let me tell you it was not." page 64

AMERICO MAKK: Artistic Impressions

"I definitely believe that my background contributes to my choices of subject matter. A thousand-year-old culture, with the influence of solid traditions, surrounded my childhood. Historic old stone buildings, castles, carriages and horses, character faces unchanged through generations. Further influence was the high classical education that I received for many years from the Benedictine monks. That created a very firm foundation for my future life and artistic development." pg 79

"...unanimously, they believe that to paint is not just to reproduce what life reveals to the eye but to glorify that which life encompasses as a whole in its fleeting, yet eternal, passage." pg 3

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