Nikolaus Izsó
Nikolaus Izsó [ischo] ( Hungarian : Izsó Miklós ; born September 9, 1831 in Disznóshorvát ; † May 29, 1875 in Budapest ) was a Hungarian sculptor .
Izsó studied in Sárospatak , became Honvéd and, following his inclination, apprenticed to the sculptor István Ferenczy after the lost battle of Világos , then worked with Hanns Gasser in Vienna and later went to Munich , where he presented the statuette of the mourning shepherd established its reputation.
Returning to Pest , he was commissioned to make the statue for the monument of the poet Csokonai in Debreczin , which task he successfully completed. He made various portrait busts with sharply defined national characteristics as well as a number of models for statuettes of national genre and left behind the almost finished model for the Petőfi monument, which was erected in Pest.
literature
- Izsó Miklós. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 3, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1965, p. 50.
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| SURNAME | Izsó, Nicholas |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Izsó, Miklós (Hungarian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hungarian sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 9, 1831 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Disznóshorvát |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 29, 1875 |
| Place of death | Budapest |