Erika Ligeti

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Sitting girl, limestone, 180 cm, Siófok, Dimitrov Park, 1964

Erika Ligeti (born March 30, 1934 in Budapest , † July 30, 2004 in Szentendre ) was a Hungarian sculptor and medalist .

Live and act

Erika Ligeti studied at the Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts ("MKE") with Iván Szabó .

Her work was characterized by her occupation with the techniques of bronze casting and terracotta . A large part of her work was medal art and relief . At first she designed her work poetically, but she also often showed humorous medals and sculptures.

Erika Ligeti lived in the artists' colony in Szentendre . She had many solo exhibitions at home and abroad, took part in symposia, in Kremnica / Slovakia, in Latvia and in Hungary.

From 1969 in Prague until her death, she was represented in the Hungarian collection of the international medal society " Fédération Internationale de la Médaille " (FIDEM).

There are sculptures in Siófok , Gardony, Budapest . In 2000, a relief was made on Simone Weill in Würzburg , designed by Erika Ligeti.

Prices

  • Derkovits scholarship
  • Munkacsy Prize 1972
  • SZOT prize (1983)
  • Meritorius Artist of Hungary (1985)

Exhibitions

  • 1972: Debrecen
  • 1974: Helikon Gallery Budapest
  • 1981: Dorottya Galeria, Budapest
  • 1982: Sofia, Miskolc
  • 2008/2009: Ligeti Erika (1934–2004) szobrászművész emlékkiállítása, BTM Budapest Galéria (commemorative exhibition; with biography of Viktória L. Kovásznai)

literature

  • Ildiko Nagy: Ligeti Erika. In: Műveszet , September 1968
  • Miklos Losonci: Ligeti Erika műveszete. In: Kotars , May 1971
  • Antal Toth: Mives jatekos elemek, Ligeti Erika. In: Műveszet , 1989
  • in the FIDEM catalogs since 1969
  • Viktória L. Kovásznai: Ligeti Erika 1934-2004. Magyar Képzőművészek és Iparművészek Szövetsége, Budapest 2008, ISBN 978-963-87432-6-8 (Hungarian, biography).
  • Viktória L. Kovásznai: A mesék éremművésze Ligeti Erika (1934-2004) szobrász. In: Művészet , 2009, March.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The bronze relief by the artist Erika Ligeti in the detailed view  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed December 19, 2011@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.bistum-wuerzburg.de  
  2. ^ The Memorial Exhibition of the Sculptor Erika Ligeti , accessed December 19, 2011

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personal data
SURNAME Ligeti, Erika
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hungarian sculptor and medalist
DATE OF BIRTH March 30, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Budapest
DATE OF DEATH July 30, 2004
Place of death Szentendre