biografía de Ferenc VARGA (1906-1989)

Lugar de nacimiento: Szekesfehervar, Hungary

Direcciones: Delray Beach, FL

Profesión: Sculptor

Estudios: Acad. Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary, with Prof. Eugene Broy & Prof Francis Sidlo; govt. scholarship, Italy, 1938 & France, 1942.

Exposiciones: Nat. Art Gallery, Budapest, 1942; Exhib. Ecclesiastical Arts Guild, Detroit, 1952; NSS, New York, 1959; Masters' Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, 1964 (solo); Eszterhazy Gallery, Palm Beach, FL, 1971. Awards: Lord Rotheremere Award, 1928 & Ball Ede scholarship, Govt. Hungary, 1942; Medal of Bethlehem Distinction, Fine Arts & Sciences Soc. of Church of Hungary, 1947.

Asociaciones: Fine Arts & Sciences Soc. of Church of Hungary, Budapest; Acad. Cath. Hungarica Sciences Atrib. Prov., Vatican City; NSS

Obra: Nat. Art Gal., Budapest; Mus. Fine Arts, Budapest; Vatican Mus., Rome, Italy; Mus. Zurich, Switzerland. Commissions: portrait, vice-regent of Hungary, Budapest, 1942; monument, City of Windsor, Ontario, Canada, 1950; group of statues, Ft. Lincoln Mem., Wash., DC, 1955; monument, City of Detroit, MI, 1966; bust, Ford Auditorium, Detroit, 1972.

Comentarios: Preferred media: bronze, marble, wood. Teaching: Acad. FA, Budapest, 1928-40.

Fuentes: WW73; Dr. E. Schwartz, Ferenc Varga, (Ons Volk, Brussels, 1949) & Lasst uns nach Bethlehem eilen (Am.-Ung. Verlag, Cologne, 1959); J.P. Danglade, Magnificent Statue of the Christ by Sculptor Varga," The Cemeterian (Columbus, 1962)."

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