Rákospalota, 21-01-1930 Died: Budapest, July 31, 2008. Author: Katalin Sz. Kürti 1949-1954: Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts, masters: Sándor Mikus, Pál Pátzay, Zsigmond Kisfaludi Strobl. He took a leading role in the establishment of the Young Artists' Studio Association. 1974: IV. National Small Plastic Biennale III. award, Pécs; 1975: Dante competition prize, Ravenna; 1976: Munkácsy Award; 1985: Ludwig Prize of the Austrian Society of Fine Arts. 1966: Vienna scholarship; 1970: scholarship in England. From 1960 to 1990, he was the foreign affairs representative of the Association of Hungarian Artists and Industrial Artists, from 1970 to 1980 he was a teacher at the Fine Arts High School, and from 1984 he was a teacher at the plastic arts department of the Basic Training Institute of the Hungarian College of Applied Arts. One of the leaders of the Nagyatád Faszobrász Creation Plant. In 1984, he worked at the Nyíregyháza-Sóstó plant. Member of the Szépmíves Társaság and the Rudnay Társaság. His early works were characterized by expressiveness. Later, he modeled works with a decorative approach, or carved. One of the innovators of the waxing procedure in Hungary. His terracottas are built on a "clay noodle" base, on which he places his portraits and grotesque compositions, then fires and sometimes colors them. He also deals with fire enamel, and mythology is a common theme. In his bronze sculptures, his figures appear with baroque movement. Literature NAGY L.: ~, Folk Cultivation, 1967/5. K. BOLGÁR: The Studio of Young Artists is ten years old, Art, 1969/1. MÉSZÁROS M.: A few words about cire perdue, Mövtze, 1976/2. [H.]: Two exhibitions, Magyar Nemzet, April 11, 1975. G. NOVOTNY: About the artist (cat., inv. tan., Hatvan, 1982) NÉMETI ZS.: Ketten a Hatvani Galéria, Népújság, Heves, February 27, 1982. M. MÉSZÁROS: Curriculum vitae (cat., inv. education, Budapest, 1984. and Tévé Téka, 1995/1-2.) P. KOVÁCS: The sculptures of yesterday, Szombathely, 1992 K. DÖBRENTEI: Don, 1943, Loan, February 19, 1993. [FABIAN]: Mood. ~ sculptures, New Hungary, December 15, 1994. Individual exhibitions Individual exhibitions 1975 • Institute of Cultural Relations, Budapest • Cultural Center, Oroszlány • Medgyessy Hall, Hódmezővásárhely • Barlangszínház, Fertőrákos 1976 • Fényes Adolf Hall, Budapest 1977 • Cultural Center, Solymár • Cultural Center, Nagyatád 1982 • Hatvani Gallery, Hatvan (cat.) 1983 • Cultural Center, Kecskemét 1984 • The TV Gallery, Vigadó Gallery, Budapest (cat.) 1985 • G. Kuznetkimos, Moscow 1990 • Kunsthaus am Museum, Cologne 1994 • Thermal Hotel • Tapolca Gallery, Tapolca 1995 • Hidegkúti Gallery, Budapest [with György Ezüst] 1998 • Vigadó Gallery, Budapest [with Endré Hajnal]. Selected group exhibitions Selected group exhibitions 1958 • Artists of socialist countries, Moscow 1960 • Young Artists Studio Association II. exhibition, Ernst Museum, Budapest 1961 • Exhibition of 10 young sculptors, Műcsarnok, Budapest 1962, 1973 • Contemporary Hungarian sculpture, Pushkin Museum, Moscow 1964 • Hungarian Week, Berlin, Charlottenburg 1969-1979, 1985 • 2nd-6th, 9th National Small Plastic Biennale, Pécs 1975 • III. International Small Plastic Biennale, Műcsarnok, Budapest 1976 • Today's Hungarian graphics and miniatures, Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest 1978 • Hungarian Sculpture, Műcsarnok, Budapest 1982 • Final exhibition of the Nyíregyháza-Sóstó plant • Hatvani Portrait Biennale 1983 • Nagyatád sculpture studio exhibition, Rege park, Szabadság-hegy 1995 • Situation/Hungarian sculpture, Műcsarnok, Budapest. Works in public collections Works in public collections Déri Museum, Debrecen Janus Pannonius Museum, Pécs Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest.