Ferenc Medgyessy
Hungarian sculptor and physician
Ferenc Medgyessy | |
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![]() Commemorative plaque to Mr. Ferenc Medgyessy (1881–1958) Hungarian sculptor and professor. It is affixed on a studio house of the artists’ colony of the Százados Street in Budapest where he lived and worked between 1911 and 1958. Author of the bronz relief is Mr. Iván Szabó. (Budapest, District VIII, Százados Street Nr 8). | |
Born | 1881 Debrecen, Hungary |
Died | 1958 (aged 76–77) Budapest, Hungary |
Nationality | Hungarian |
Style | Folk realism |
Ferenc Medgyessy (1881 in Debrecen, Hungary – 1958 in Budapest, Hungary) was a Hungarian sculptor and physician. After graduating in medicine he studied art in Paris. Later, he studied Michelangelo and the Etruscan art in Florence. His art was dominated by folk realism.
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