Bálint Endre was born on October 27th of 1914 in Budapest. Between 1930 and 1934, he attended the School for Applied Arts, in 1935 the Vaszary János Private School, and from 1936 he studied privately with Vilmos Aba Novák. Throughout his career he recieved numerous awards, such as the Unesco-award in 1972, Merited Artist in 1973, Outstanding Artist in 1982, the Kossuth-award in 1985, etc.

Bálint started his career as a commercial graphical artist, but in the last few years of his studies his interest turned towards painting. From 1936 he was a member of the Young Artists of Szentendre, and in 1938 he already exhibited a collection. Nevertheless, it is difficult to get a full picture of his work, as Bálint destroyed most of his paintings himself. The war caused a pause in his career, but from 1945 he devoted himself to his art again.

He was a founding member of the European School. In 1956 he was elected secretary of the Association of Fine Arts, and he took part in the organization of the Spring Exhibition of 1957. Soon after he left for Paris. From 1959 on his most important works were born, such as "Vándorlegény útra kel", "Csodálatos halászat", "Népligeti álom” and "Itt már jártam valaha I-II".

Bálint lived in Budapest most of his life, except for the years between 1957-1961, which he spent in Paris.

He passed away on May 3rd of 1986 in Budapest.