Miklós Ligeti
Miklós Ligeti (born May 19, 1871 in Budapest , Kingdom of Hungary , † December 10, 1944 there ) was a Hungarian sculptor .
Life
Ligeti enjoyed his training in renowned institutes and with famous teachers. He first studied in his hometown Budapest with Alajos Stróbl von Liptoujvar and with Lajos Mátrei. Then he went to Vienna, matriculated at the Academy of Fine Arts , where Edmund von Hellmer was his teacher. Ligeti completed his studies in Paris with Denise Pierre Puech and Auguste Rodin .
He created his main work in 1903. It was the monument for the unknown author of the oldest Hungarian chronicle ( "Anonymus Belae regis notarius" ) in bronze for the Budapest City Park . The monuments of Queen Elisabeth ( Szeged , 1907) and Crown Prince Rudolf (Budapest, 1908) made him widely known.
During the First World War , Ligeti applied for admission to the Austro-Hungarian War Press Office , where he was accepted as a war sculptor with the name Nikolaus Ligeti on April 2, 1917 . In his new function he received numerous orders, including a standard-bearer of Infantry Regiment No. 39 in Königgrätz for Emperor Karl I. Furthermore, an "improper behavior on the part of Lieutenant Archduke Josef Franz" is noted in the files of the war press headquarters.
Miklós Ligeti was known for his works, which were mainly grave monuments, portrait statuettes , colored ceramics and busts ; multiple awards. He took part in several collective exhibitions in his hometown Budapest. One of these exhibitions was also shown in the United States in the late 1930s .
Works (excerpt)
- Statue of Anonymous , 1903, bronze / stone, Budapest, City Park
- Portrait bust of Friedrich Robert Freiherr von Georgi , 1906, bronze, 48 × 35 × 72 cm, Heeresgeschichtliches Museum , Vienna
- Monument to Queen Elisabeth of Hungary , 1907, Szeged
- Monument to Crown Prince Rudolf , 1908, Budapest, City Park
- Portrait bust of Anton Freiherr von Haus , 1916, white marble, 53 × 31.5 × 76 cm, Heeresgeschichtliches Museum, Vienna
- Portrait bust of Samuel Freiherr von Hazai , 1916, plaster, 27 × 18 × 36 cm, Heeresgeschichtliches Museum, Vienna
- Portrait bust of Archduke Eugen , 1916, bronze, 46 × 35 × 84 cm, Heeresgeschichtliches Museum, Vienna
- Portrait bust of Emperor Karl I , 1917, bronze, 66 × 31 × 20 cm, Heeresgeschichtliches Museum, Vienna
- Portrait bust of Field Marshal Alexander Freiherr von Krobatin , 1916, bronze, 49 × 33 × 55 cm, Heeresgeschichtliches Museum, Vienna
- Portrait bust of Eduard von Böhm-Ermolli , before 1918, plaster, 14 × 11 × 35 cm, Heeresgeschichtliches Museum, Vienna
- Portrait bust of Archduke Friedrich , before 1918, plaster, 24 × 16 × 37 cm, Heeresgeschichtliches Museum, Vienna
literature
- Ilse Krumpöck: The sculptures in the Army History Museum. Vienna 2004, p. 108 f.
- Hans Vollmer : General encyclopedia of visual artists from antiquity to the present. Volume 23. Unchanged reprint. Leipzig 1929, p. 218.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hans Vollmer: General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present. Volume 23. Unchanged reprint. Leipzig 1929, p. 218
- ↑ Ilse Krumpöck: The images in the Army History Museum. Vienna 2004, p. 108 f.
- ^ Austrian State Archives, War Archives , files of the Army High Command, War Press Quarters, box 23, 24, 35, 44 and 47
- ^ Army History Museum / Military History Institute (ed.): The Army History Museum in the Vienna Arsenal . Verlag Militaria , Vienna 2016, ISBN 978-3-902551-69-6 , p. 165
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ligeti, Miklós |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hungarian sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 19, 1871 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Budapest |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 10, 1944 |
| Place of death | Budapest |