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Márton (or Martin) Barabás (* 05.01.1893 in Puszta Söreg (today a suburb of the city of Szeged, Hungary, † 11.07.1974 in Toronto, Canada) was a painter, born and bred in the late Empire of Austria-Hungary in the Banat region. His father Benedict Barabás was an architect. A brother of his father was the portrait painter Miklós (or Michael) Barabás.

Life
From 1911 on, young Martin studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Budapest and, following to an interruption during World War I, completed his academic years in 1919. Thereafter we went on a study tour which led him to Munich, Venice and Paris. Back home he opened in 1920 a studio in Transylvania. His common subjects were the local landscapes and folk inspired genre paintings.

After World War II, Márton Barabás lived in Budapest. Some of his paintings are on public display in the Pest County Hall (Budapest), the Museum of Military History (Budapest), and the Ferenc Mora Museum (Szeged).

In 1959, aged 68 years, he emigrated to North America to join with his son Nicholas. During his last 15 years, he continued to paint landscapes ( e.g. Grand Canyon, Niagara Falls), but also created religious artworks for his local parish in Los Angeles, St. Stephen of Hungary, as well as for the Chapel Shrine of Our Lady, Comforter of the Afflicted in Youngstown, Ohio, which was erected by Franciscan Friars who had fled from communist Hungary. 

Exhibitions
- 1967   Bognar Gallery, Los Angeles

- 2008   National Museum, Székely, Romania