Zoltán Kemény

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Zoltán Kemény [ ˈzoltaːn ˈkɛmeːɲ ] (born March 2, 1907 , in Banica , Hunyad County , Transylvania , Austria-Hungary , today Băniţa , Romania; † June 14, 1965 in Zurich , Switzerland ) was a Hungarian-Swiss sculptor , painter and architect .

Life

From 1942 he lived and worked as a fashion illustrator and editor of the women's magazine annabelle in Zurich. He became known as an artist through collages and abstract metal reliefs. So far he has been the only Hungarian sculptor to receive a prize at the Venice Biennale . He was a participant in documenta 2 in Kassel in 1959 and also in documenta III in 1964. Kemény has been represented by the Paul Facchetti Gallery in Paris and Zurich since the late 1950s . In later years exhibitions were also held in the Maeght Gallery in Paris and Zurich.

He was married to Madeleine Kemény-Szemere and found his final resting place in the Enzenbühl cemetery .

Works

Städtische Bühnen Frankfurt, entrance foyer with ceiling sculpture "Clouds" (1963) by Zoltán Kemény
Städtische Bühnen Frankfurt, foyer with ceiling sculpture "Clouds" (1963) by Zoltán Kemény

In 1963, Kemény created the sculptural ceiling installation clouds with a length of 116 m for the foyer of the Städtische Bühnen in Frankfurt am Main . The clouds , welded from sheet copper by the artist, develop their special effect, especially when illuminated in the evening. It is a local plant that is now acutely threatened due to the plans of the city of Frankfurt, which became known in January 2020, to demolish the entire building complex. In May 2020, the Hessian State Office for the Preservation of Monuments published a report confirming the monument value, in particular of the ensemble of the foyer building with Kemény's gold clouds .

See also

literature

  • Wieland Schmied : Zoltan Kemeny , Kestner Society, Hanover 1962/63.
  • Carola Giedion-Welcker : Zoltan Kemeny , Erker-Verlag, St. Gallen 1968.
  • Rolf Lauter : Kemeny - Un'artista fra pittura e scultura. Disegni degli anni 1953-1964 / An artist between painting and sculpture. Drawings from the years 1953-1964 . Galleria Peccolo, Livorno 1986.
  • Dieter Schwartz: Hommage à Kemeny , Kunstmuseum Winterthur, June 23 - September 5, 1993.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Zoltan Kemeny: Galerie Paul Facchetti, Paris, exposition du 20 novembre 1959 . Galerie Paul Facchetti, Paris 1959 ( online [accessed February 15, 2020]).
  2. ^ Carola Giedion-Welcker, Galerie Maeght (Zurich): Kemeny . Zurich 1970 ( online [accessed February 15, 2020]).
  3. ↑ Zoltan Kemeny: ceiling sculpture "clouds". City of Frankfurt am Main, accessed on February 15, 2020 .
  4. ^ Art - Future City Theaters Frankfurt. Accessed June 16, 2020 (German).
  5. ↑ Artworks | Municipal theaters Frankfurt am Main. Retrieved February 15, 2020 .
  6. ↑ ceiling sculpture in the Frankfurt theater foyer Zoltán Kemény of Office of Science, Art and Education, Frankfurt am Main, 1963
  7. ^ Cosmic elements in musical order - Future City Theaters Frankfurt. Accessed June 16, 2020 (German).
  8. ↑ Planning of the new building of the Frankfurt double system for opera and drama is supported by the State Office for Monument Preservation. May 20, 2020, accessed June 16, 2020 .
  9. ↑ Rolf Lauter, Zoltan Kemeny. WorldCat.org, accessed February 15, 2020 .
  10. ↑ Dieter Schwarz, Kunstmuseum Winterthur: Zoltan Kemeny's works in the Kunstmuseum Winterthur: exhibition, "Hommage à Kemeny", Kunstmuseum Winterthur, June 23 - September 5, 1993 . Kunstmuseum Winterthur, 1993 ( online [accessed February 15, 2020]).
personal data
SURNAME Kemény, Zoltán
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hungarian sculptor, painter and architect
DATE OF BIRTH March 2, 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH Banica , Hunyad County , Transylvania , Austria-Hungary, now Romania
DATE OF DEATH June 14, 1965
Place of death Zurich , Switzerland