Magda Frank
Magda Frank (born July 20, 1914 in Kolozsvár ( Transylvania ), † June 23, 2010 in Buenos Aires ) was a Hungarian - Argentine sculptor and university professor.
Life
Magda Frank was born in Kolozsvár , then Austria-Hungary . The place became part of Romania only after and only in 1918 by the Treaty of Trianon . Before the persecution of Jews in Hungary, she fled to Switzerland. She later moved to Paris, where she studied at the Académie Julian . In 1950 she arrived in Buenos Aires ( Argentina on) to visit her brother, who was still their only living family member. There she was appointed professor at the Artes Visuales de Buenos Aires. She exhibited her work in Galería Pizarro. She was awarded the Benito Quinquela Martín Prize of the Eduardo Sívori Museum and received other awards from the Senado de la Nación Argentina . Her works are shown at the Musée National d'Art Moderne in Paris, the Petit Palais in Paris and the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes in Buenos Aires. In 1995 she finally moved to Argentina, where she built the Magda Frank House Museum in Saavedra . She died in Buenos Aires in 2010.
literature
- H. Hofer et al. a .: Magda Frank , 1978 (French, pdf)
- Rafael Squirru et al. a .: obras monumentales - magda frank , (spanish, pdf)
- Museo Magda Frank (Ed.): Libro Homenaje Magda Frank , (Spanish / English, pdf)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Artistas Hungaros ( Spanish ) Gobierno de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires - Dirección General de Relaciones Institucionales. Secretaría General. Retrieved February 1, 2014.
- ↑ Murió la reconocida Escultora Magda Frank (Spanish) . In: Urgente24 , June 24, 2010. Retrieved February 1, 2014.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Frank, Magda |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hungarian-Argentine sculptor and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 20, 1914 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kolozsvár ( Transylvania ) |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 23, 2010 |
| Place of death | Buenos Aires |