András Gombár was born in Budapest in 1946 into an artistic family. His father was a well-known graphic artist, and his sister is an internationally respected set and costume designer presently working in Hungary.

Even as a child, Gombár was accepted into many juried competitions and received numerous national and international awards for his drawings. Later inspired by modern tendencies, he began to paint. After his scrupulous artistic training, he developed an acute perception for tone values, shapes and colours. Technical problems no longer meant him any difficulty in artistic expression. Subsequently, in spite of the bizarre schools in contemporary art, he would choose these "old fashioned techniques" to convey his message.

Later he visited Italy, France and the Netherlands to further refine his artistic skills. An intensive study of the 17th century Flemish Masters and the paintings by Jean-Baptiste Chardin had a profound influence on the artist's works.

Gombár is best known for his modern still-lifes painted in a classical realistic style. On the one hand, he is a realist whose work is rooted in Neo-Classicism. On the other hand, he is more of a modern realist of the 21st century. He uses everyday objects: fruits, modern decanters, crystal vases, and brings everything together with a hyper-realistic style to tell a story.

He has been working with foreign galleries since 1964. His works have been exhibited in many international galleries, including Great Britain, Austria, Germany, the Netherlands, France, Canada and the United States.