 Ödön Lechner

Ödön Lechner (born as Eugen Lechner, 27 August 1845 – 10 June 1914) was a Hungarian architect, one of the early representatives of the Hungarian Secession movement, called "szecesszió" in Hungarian, which was related to Art Nouveau in the rest of Europe.He decorated his buildings with Zsolnay tile patterns inspired by old Magyar and Turkic folk art.