Péter Kovács (art historian)
Péter Kovács (born February 9, 1939 in Budapest , Hungary ) is a Hungarian art historian .
Live and act
Péter Kovács is the son of Barnabás Kovács († 1971) and Veronika "Erika" born. Pilinszky (1919–1975), the sister of János Pilinszky .
From 1957 to 1962 he studied art history at the Faculty of Humanities at the Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest. From 1962 he was a research assistant at the "Szent István Király Múzeum" in Székesfehérvár . From 1986 to 1992 he was its director, from 1992 to 2001 he was a senior consultant.
In addition to his art-historical work, in particular on sculpture from the 18th and 20th centuries, he organized historical and contemporary art exhibitions . From 1986 to 1992 he was the editor of the A Szent István Király Múzeum közleményei series.
From 1977 to 1980 he was Vice President of the Hungarian Association of Fine and Applied Artists (Magyar Képzőművészek és Iparművészek Szövetsége). Until 1992 he was a member of the Art History Committee of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences .
In 2006, Péter Kovács published an autobiography under the title Törmelék (German rubble ), which also describes memories of the Pilinszky family.
Awards
- 1983: Munkácsy Prize
- 1991: Martyn Prize
- 1998: Széchenyi Prize
Fonts
- with Jean Cassou : Vilt Tibor. Corvina, Budapest 1972, OCLC 19767799 .
- (Eds.): Erzsébet Schaár , Tibor Vilt. Wilhelm-Lehmbruck-Museum, Duisburg 1977, DNB 770609341 .
- A Fekete Sas Patikamúzeum. Szent István Király Múzeum, Székesfehérvár 1979, DNB 952643715 . New edition 1988, ISBN 963-7131-16-7 .
- Thunder . Corvina, Budapest 1979, ISBN 963-13-0727-1 .
- Az István Király Múzeum Schaár Erzsébet gyújteménye. Szent István Király Múzeum, Székesfehérvár 1980, ISBN 963-7131-17-5 .
- with Márta Kovalovszky: A kibontakozás évei 1960 körül. Szent István Király Múzeum, Székesfehérvár 1983, ISBN 963-7131-41-8 .
- Mathias Braun . Corvina, Budapest 1986, ISBN 963-13-2245-9 .
- Székesfehérvár. Budenz-ház. TKM, Budapest 1987, ISBN 963-555-486-9 .
- Székesfehérvár. Egykori jezsuita templom és rendház. TKM, Budapest 1989, ISBN 963-555-647-0
- with Márta Kovalovszky: Az avantgárd vége (1975–1980). Szent István Király Múzeum, Székesfehérvár 1989, ISBN 963-7390-02-2
- A tegnap szobrai. Fejezetek a magyar szobrászat közelmúltjából. Életünk, Szombathely 1992, ISBN 963-7918-22-1 .
- A baroque Székesfehérvárott. Photos by Károly Szelényi. Magyar Képek, Budapest 1993, ISBN 963-8210-11-7 . German: The baroque in Székesfehérvár. ISBN 963-8210-12-5 .
- Schaár Erzsébet. Gondolat, Budapest 1995, ISBN 963-282-737-6 .
- Törmelék. Autobiography. Magvetö, Budapest 2006, ISBN 978-963-14-2527-7 .
- A Bory-vár. Szent István Király Múzeum, Székesfehérvár 2009, ISBN 978-963-9279-77-3 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Péter Kovács in the catalog of the German National Library
- Author entry on the website of Magvetö Verlag (with picture)
- Péter Kovács on artportal.hu
- Péter Kovács on magyarkurir.hu
- Literature by and about Péter Kovács in the bibliographic database WorldCat
Individual evidence
- ^ Zoltán Hafner: Pilinszky János Összegyűjtött Levelei on epa.oszk.hu, p. 792
- ↑ Palyi András: Jancsitok on c3.hu
- ↑ Kovács Péter: Törmelék on litera.hu, November 21, 2006
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Kovács, Péter |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hungarian art historian |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 9, 1939 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Budapest , Hungary |