András Kiss Nagy

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András Kiss Nagy (born March 22, 1930 in Pusztaföldvár , Orosháza , Békés County ; † January 30, 1997 in Budapest ) was a Hungarian sculptor and medalist . His signature was KAI as a monogram.

Life

Between 1949 and 1957 he studied at the Repin Institute for Painting, Sculpture and Architecture in Leningrad and at the Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts in Budapest. He completed his training as a sculptor and medalist with a diploma in fine arts.

Kiss Nagy died in Budapest in 1997 and is buried in the Farkasréti temető, the Farkasrét cemetery , grave number 25-7-47 / 1. The funerary sculpture was created by Mária Lugossy (1950–2012).

Act

Since 1947 he has contributed to all major Hungarian exhibitions and his medals were regularly on display at FIDEM .

Bronze medal Prof. Sándor Korányi, doctor
Tomb in the Farkasrét cemetery in Budapest, designed by Mária Lugossy

He has received many art prizes and awards such as:

  • 1965 Munkácsy Prize
  • 1968 Small Sculpture Biennale, Pécs , Hungary
  • 1971 First small sculpture Biennale, Budapest
  • 1972 Distinguished Artist Award, People's Republic of Hungary
  • 1975 Kossuth Prize
  • 1975 Munkácsy Prize
  • 1975 FIDEM Prize, Cracow , Poland
  • 1980 City Budapest Prize
  • 1981 Gold Medal, 1st International Art Medal Congress, Locarno , Switzerland.
  • 1982 Honored Artist Award, People's Republic of Hungary
  • 1987 Medal of the Biennale, Sopron , Hungary
  • 1988 Summer Exhibition, Szeged , Hungary
  • 1989 Bronze Medal, “Faces and Fates”, Hatvan , Hungary
  • 1989 Prize of the Medals Biennale, Sopron , Hungary

Kiss Nagy's work can be found in public exhibitions and museums around the world.

literature

  • Bénézit: Dictionary of artists. Volume 7. Gründ, Paris 2006, ISBN 2-7000-3077-X , pp. 1284-1285

Web links

Commons : András Kiss Nagy  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hungarian Wikipedia , accessed February 8, 2013.
  2. ↑ Short biography on artadoo.com/it ( Memento of the original from June 7, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , English, accessed February 8, 2013. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.artadoo.com
personal data
SURNAME Kiss Nagy, András
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hungarian sculptor and medalist
DATE OF BIRTH March 22, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Pusztaföldvár , Hungary
DATE OF DEATH January 30, 1997
Place of death Budapest