Éva Kumpost

Éva Kumpost (born December 23, 1934 in Almásfüzitő ; † December 20, 1994 in Budapest ) was a Hungarian ceramist .

Life

In the 1950s, Kumpost graduated from the College of Applied Arts ( Magyar Iparművészeti Főiskola ) with István Gádor and Miklós Borsos, from which she graduated in 1958. From 1959 she worked independently in her own studio. In 1960 she took part in a group exhibition at the Kunsthalle Budapest ( Műcsarnok ), which was to be followed by others at home and abroad, including in Stockholm , London , Erfurt and Moscow. In 1961 her first solo exhibition was presented at the Young Craftsmen Club in Budapest. Her humorous ceramic figures, which are inspired by the tradition of Hungarian folk art, have become famous. In addition, she made large-scale wall ceramics and room sculptures, mainly for public buildings.

Many of Kumpost's works have been included in the collection of the Hungarian Museum of Decorative Arts ( Iparművészeti Múzeum ). More than a dozen ceramics can be found in public spaces in various cities in Hungary. There are also ceramic figures of her in the garden of the Hungarian embassy in New Delhi .

In 1973 her work was awarded the Mihály Munkácsy Prize.

Solo exhibitions

• 1961 Fiatal Iparművészek Klubja, Budapest
• 1970 Derkovits Terem, Budapest
• 1977 Műcsarnok, Győr
• 1979 Képcsarnok, Pécs
• 1980 Képcsarnok, Balatonfüred
• 1981 Balatonboglári kápolnatárlat, Balatonboglár
• 1982 Gulácsy Terem, Szeged (together with the textile artist Irén Bódy)

literature

• Éva Ónody: Humor a kerámiában. In: Ország-Világ, December 5, 1973, p. 19.
• Hajnalka Magyar: Bajuszos angyal vigyáz rá - Belső humor, csendes derű árad Kumpost Éva keramikus figuráiból. In: Zalai Hírlap, February 24, 2005, p. 8.
• Izgő-mozgó kerámiák. In: Félegyházi Közlöny, September 29, 2006, p. 4.

Web links

• Kumpost Éva at artportal ( Hungarian )