Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts

Magyar Képzőművészeti Egyetem ; Hungarian University of Fine Arts
founding	May 6, 1871
Sponsorship	state
place	Budapest , Hungary
Rector	Judit Csanádi
Website	www.mke.hu

The Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts ( Hungarian : Magyar Képzőművészeti Egyetem , MKE for short ) was founded in 1871 and is the most important art school in Hungary . The rector of the university is Judit Csanádi .

history

Until the middle of the 19th century, Hungarian artists studied at Western European art academies . In 1861 the National Society for Hungarian Arts (Országos Magyar Képzőművészeti Társulat) was founded to promote the establishment of its own art college. With their support, the Royal Hungarian College of Design and Drawing Teacher Training (Magyar Királyi Mintarajztanoda És Rajztanárképezde) - also known as the Royal Hungarian School of Applied Arts - was founded on May 6, 1871. The current building of the university dates back to 1877, built according to plans by the architects Lajos Rauscher and Adolf Láng .

In the decades that followed, the university developed into the center of artists in Hungary; not only for painters and sculptors, but also for artisans, stage designers and architects: Károly Ferenczy , János Vaszary , Viktor Olgyai , Róbert Berény , János Kmetty , Aurél Bernáth , Géza Fónyi , Jenő Barcsay , Gyula Hincz , Károly Koffán and Béni Ferenczy, among others .

Rectors

1871–1902: Gusztáv Keleti (painter)
1902–1905: Bertalan Székely (painter)
1905–1920: Pál Szinyei Merse (painter)
1921–1923: Károly Lyka (art historian)
1923–1925: István Csók (painter)
1925–1927: Oszkár Glatz (painter)
1927–1931: István Réti (painter)
1931–1932: Károly Andreetti (architect)
1932–1935: István Réti (painter)
1935–1937: Ágost Benkhard (painter)
1937–1939: Antal Meyer (craftsman)
1939–1940: Gyula Rudnay (painter)
1940–1941: Ferenc Sidló (sculptor)
1941–1943: Dezső Pilch (painter)

1943–1945: Jenő Bory (architect, sculptor)
1945–1947: László Kandó (painter)
1947–1949: Pál Pátzay (sculptor)
1949–1956: Sándor Bortnyik (painter, draftsman)
1956–1973: Endre Domanovszky (painter)
1973–1985: József Somogyi (sculptor)
1985–1989: István Kiss (sculptor)
1990–1995: Lajos Sváby (painter)
1995–2002: Árpád Szabados (painter)
2002–2005: Ádám Farkas (sculptor)
2005–2013: Frigyes Kőnig (painter)
2013–2016: Tibor Somorjai-Kiss (graphic)
since 2016: Judit Csanádi (set designer)

Locations and facilities

The Hungarian University of Fine Arts is based in Budapest 's Pest district with a number of locations and facilities:

the main building from 1876 is located at Andrássy út 69–71 and houses, among other things, the Barcsay hall and an academy library with over 60,000 volumes;

the artist studios of the Epreskert , the so-called strawberry garden , established in 1882 ,

the Feszty House as well

the artists' colony Tihany on the north shore of Lake Balaton.

Within these premises, the Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts offers a wide range of (including international) courses in 12 departments (including: Intermedia and Visual Education ).

Partner institutions

MEK maintains Erasmus partnerships with the following universities (selection):

Germany
Austria
- University of Applied Arts Vienna
- Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
Romania
- University of Art and Design Cluj-Napoca
Czech Republic
- Academy of Fine Arts Prague
United Kingdom
- Chelsea College of Art and Design, University of the Arts London
- Edinburgh College of Art
- Glasgow School of Art

Individual evidence

^ History of the University of Fine Arts , MKE, accessed on April 9, 2012
↑ Partner institutions , MKE, accessed on April 9, 2012

Web links

Commons : Hungarian University of Fine Arts - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Official website of the university (Hungarian, English)
bestofdiploma.hu (Hungarian)

47.507222222222 19.066944444444Coordinates: 47 ° 30'26 " N , 19 ° 4'1" E

[1] History of the University of Fine Arts , MKE, accessed on April 9, 2012

[2] Partner institutions , MKE, accessed on April 9, 2012