István Szentgyörgyi was a Hungarian

Hungary

Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

 sculptor. His work exemplified neo-classicism. Fourteen of his statues are in the possession of the Hungarian National Gallery

Hungarian National Gallery

The Hungarian National Gallery , was established in 1957 as the national art museum. It is located in Buda Castle in Budapest, Hungary. Its collections cover Hungarian art in all genres, including the many twentieth-century Hungarian artists who worked in Paris and other locations in the West...

 and a copy of "Tip Catting" can be found in the Museum of Modern Art

Museum of Modern Art

The Museum of Modern Art is an art museum in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, on 53rd Street, between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. It has been important in developing and collecting modernist art, and is often identified as the most influential museum of modern art in the world...

 in Rome

Rome

Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...

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Biography

Szentgyörgyi worked as a stone cutter in Zurich

Zürich

Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich...

. He learnt sculpting at the School of Applied Arts alongside Karoly Antal

Károly Antal

Károly Antal was a twentieth century Hungarian sculptor. His sculptural style reflected neoclassicism style.Antal studied at the Academy of Fine Arts with István Szentgyörgyi between 1928-37...

, then was a pupil of Van der Stappen at the Brussels Academy

Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts

The Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels is an art school, founded in 1711.The faculty and alumni of ARBA include some of the most famous names in Belgian painting, sculpture, and architecture: James Ensor, Rene Magritte, and Paul Delvaux...

 from 1905 to 1910, where he modelled "Complaint", his first successful work of art, as well as "Snake Charmer". On his return to Hungary, he modelled a number of portraits. From 1925 onwards, he worked as a teacher at the Art School.

His major works include "Tip Catting" 1920, "Portrait of Ferenc Herczeg

Portrait of Ferenc Herczeg

Portrait of Ferenc Herczeg is an undated sculpture by Hungarian sculptor István Szentgyörgyi.The title Portrait of Ferenc Herceg is misleading because the picture shows the reverse of the bronze medal/plate in question and does not represent the portrait of the playwright Herczeg, but shows the...

" (undated), "Lamp (sculpture)" 1923, "Áron Szilády" in Kiskunhalas

Kiskunhalas

- Railroad :The city is an important railway junction. It crosses the Budapest-Subotica-Belgrade railway line. The Kiskunfélegyháza railway ends in Kiskunhalas.- Name :...

 1927, "My Son with a Dog" 1927, "Memorial of the 32nd Regiment" 1933, "Portrait of István Réti", and several momorials, tomb

Tomb

A tomb is a repository for the remains of the dead. It is generally any structurally enclosed interment space or burial chamber, of varying sizes...

s and fountains.

External links

• Fine Arts in Hungary