Kisfaludi Strobl, Zsigmond
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Zsigmind Kisfaludi Strobl was born in 1884 in Alsóraik (Western Transdanubia in Hungary). Between 1901 and 1904 he was the pupil of the School of Applied Arts, where Lajos Mátrai and Antal Lóránfi were his teachers. Then he spent two years in Vienna by the Zala county scholarship. In 1904 he returned to Hungary and continued his studies in the School of Decorative Art in 1908 as a pupil of Béla Radnai and Bertalan Székely. In 1909 he organized his first collections exhibition. In 1913 he got his first public mandate to prepare the statue of Mihály Horváth, which was inaugurated in Szentes. From the 1920s he formed several war memorials. More than fifty public art works can be found throughout Hungary.
Between 1924 and 1960 he was the professor of the College of Fine Arts. In the thirties he has repeatedly traveled to England, where he created 75 portraits which makes him world famous. His Hamilton General representing statue located in Aberdeen in Scotland, his “The Birth of Venus” titled works can be found in Santa Barbara in California.
After the secondary word war he was one of the most employed Hungarian sculptors. At that time he made the Liberation monument to the top of the Gellért Hill. During his lifetime he received countless awards and recognition: in 1950, 1953, he was awarded by the Kossuth-prize; in 1952 he got the Outstanding Artist Award.
| Year | Biography |
|---|---|
| 1884 | He was born in Alsórajk (Western Transdanubia, Hungary) |
| 1901-1904 | School of Applied Arts |
| 1904-1905 | Stadtgewerbeschule, Vienna |
| 1905-1908 | National School of Decorative Arts |
| 1912-1913 | Julian Academy, Paris |
| From 1958 | President of the "Fészek" Art Club until his death |
| From 1949 | Hungarian Fine and Applied Arts Association board member |
| From 1955 | Member of the National Peace Council |
| Board member of the Hungarian-Soviet Friendship Society | |
| From 1958 | honorary member of the USSR Academy of Arts |
| 1925-1960 | Professor of the College of Fine Arts |
| 1912 | He traveled over the Europe (Florence, Rome, London, Paris) through the Rudics Award |
| 1927-1928 | trip in England and America |
| after 1945 | repeatedly visited the Soviet Union and other socialist countries |
| His teachers: György Mátrai Lajos, Antal Lóránfi, Anton Breneck, Béla Radnai | |
| Awards | |
| 1974 | Hungarian Republic Award |
| 1970 | Lenin-memorial medal |
| 1954, 1955, 1970 | Work Red Banner Order of Merit |
| 1966 | Work Merit grade gold |
| 1950, 1953 | Kossuth-award |
| 1952 | Outstanding artist |
| 1941 | Chivalrous Cross of the Hungarian Republic |
| 1937 | Word exhibition of Paris, Diplome d' Honneur |
| 1931 | Corvin wreath |
| 1930 | Arnold Ipolyi-award, Diploma di Partecipazione Monza |
| 1929 | Barcelona International Exhibition gold medal |
| 1929 | Hungarian State Little Gold Medal |
| 1927 | Pittsburgh city golden key, Warsaw Fine Arts Society gold medal |
| 1926 | Gold Medal of Philadelphia |
| 1922 | Erzsébetváros Casino sculptor Awards |
| 1919 | Lipótvárosi Casino Awards |
| 1917 | Chivalrous Cross of the József Ferenc order |
| 1912 | Rudics-award |
| 1904 | Deák scholarship |
| 1903 | School of Applied Arts First statuette awards |
| Single exhibition | |
| 1984 | Sculptor and his models, Centenary Memorial Exhibition, Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest |
| 1976 | Memorial Museum, Zalaegerszeg |
| 1967 | Alsórajk |
| 1965, 1974 | Göcsej Museum, Zalaegerszeg |
| 1965 | Saint Stephen King Museum, Székesfehérvár |
| 1959 | Pozsony |
| 1958 | Kinsky-palace, Prague |
| 1957 | Tallin, Riga |
| 1956 | Kijev, Odessza, Harkov, Lvov |
| 1955 | Leningrád |
| Moscow | |
| 1954 | Art Gallery, Budapest |
| 1935 | White Allom Gallery, London |
| 1927, 1932 | Ernst Museum, Budapest |
| 1917, 1921, 1922, és 1925 | with Béla Iványi Grünwald, Budapest |
| Selected group exhibition | |
| 1980 | Madách-exhibition, János Xantus Museum, Győr |
| 1978 | Hungarian sculpture, Art Gallery, Budapest |
| 1974 | Ede Telcs and his students, Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest |
| 1973 | Hungarian sculpture 1957-1972, Puskin Museum, Moscow |
| Herendi Porcelain Factory exhibition, Vienna | |
| Outdoor sculpture exhibition, Salgótarján | |
| 1969 | Petőfi memorial exhibition, Petőfi literary Museum, Budapest |
| International military art exhibition, Art Gallery, Budapest | |
| Hungarian Art 1896-1945, Ernst Museum, Budapest | |
| 1967 | XX. century Hungarian art, London |
| 1966 | Hungarian sculptur 1920-1945. the twentieth century Hungarian Art, Csók Gallery, Székesfehérvár |
| XX. century Hungarian Art, Szeged | |
| 1965 | The Százados street Art Colony 50-years-old jubilee exhibition, Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest |
| 1962 | The Százados street Art Colony 50-years-old jubilee exhibition, Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest |
| 1960 | Our art after the release, Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest |
| 1959 | Teacher's Art, Ernst Museum, Budapest |
| Moscow Biennale, Moscow | |
| Spring Exhibition, Pécs | |
| 1958 | Bukarest |
| Hungarian revolutionary art, Moscow | |
| 1957 | III. Miskolc National exhibition, Herman Ottó Museum, Miskolc |
| Seventy-artist exhibition, Ernst Museum, Budapest | |
| Hungarian revolutionary art, Budapest | |
| 1954 | Hungarian plastic and graphic exhibition, Ernst Museum, Budapest |
| 1952 | Portrait exhibition, Ernst Museum, Budapest |
| Spring exhibition, Art Gallery, Budapest | |
| 1951 | Hungarian soldier for freedom, Capital Gallery, Budapest |
| Hungarian Fine Arts Exhibition, Warsaw | |
| 1950, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1962 | 1., 3., 4., 6., 9. Hungarian Fine Arts Exhibition, Art Gallery, Budapest |
| 1948 | Hungarian exhibition, London |
| 1940 | Art weeks of Nyíregyháza National Fine Art exhibition, Nyíregyháza-Sóstó |
| 1938 | Helsinki |
| Tallinn | |
| Kaunasz | |
| Hungarian Fine Art exhibition, Riga | |
| National Salon, Budapest | |
| Madách-tender I-II. exhibition, Arts and Crafts Museum, Budapest | |
| 1937 | Hungarian exhibition, Vienna |
| Szinyei Society exhibition, Brüsszel | |
| World Exhibition, Paris | |
| 1936 | The woman in the arts, Art Gallery, Budapest |
| 1936 | Munkácsy Guild Exhibition, National Salon, Budapest |
| 1935 | Hungarian exhibition in Brussels, Brussels |
| Szinyei Society exhibition, Ernst Museum, Budapest | |
| Jubilee Exhibition of Arts and Crafts Society, Arts and Crafts Museum, Budapest | |
| 1934 | Jubilee Exhibition of Arts and Crafts Society, Arts and Crafts Museum, Budapest |
| 1931 | Horthy jubilee exhibition, Art Gallery, Budapest |
| Artists Groups Art Gallery, Budapest | |
| Szinyei Society III. exhibition, National Salon, Budapest | |
| 1930 | Szent Imre exhibition, Art Gallery, Budapest |
| International exhibition, Monza | |
| 1929 | Hungarian Art exhibition - Hungarian művészeti hét, Nürnberg |
| Hungarian representative exhibition, Genf | |
| International exhibition, Barcelona | |
| 1928 | Nude exhibition, Secession, Vienna |
| Hungarian exhibition, Malmö | |
| 1927 | Heroic monument plans, Art Gallery, Budapest |
| Hungarian Fine Art exhibition, Göteborg | |
| Hungarian exhibition, Warsaw | |
| Hungarian exhibition, Pittsburgh | |
| 1926 | Hungarian exhibition, Philadelphia |
| 1925 | Church Art exhibition, Róma |
| Nude exhibition, Art Gallery, Budapest | |
| 1922 | Group exhibition, Ernst Museum, Budapest |
| 1921 | Hague, Stockholm |
| Hungarian exhibition, Amsterdam | |
| 1912, 1919 | Winter exhibition, Art Gallery, Budapest |
| 1909 | Art House first exhibition, Budapest |
| 1909, 1912, 1914, 1930, 1932, 1934, 1938, 1940 | I. Venice Biennale, Venice |
| 1907, 1908 | Spring exhibition, Art Gallery, Budapest |
| 1906 | School of Decorative Arts exhibition |
| Works in public collections | |
| British Museum, London | |
| Ermitázs, Szentpétervár | |
| Göcsej Museum, Zalaegerszeg | |
| Christian Museum, Esztergom | |
| Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest | |
| National Museum, Göteborg | |
| Puskin Museum, Szentpétervár | |
| Sárospatak Gallery | |
| Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow | |
| Vay Ádám Museum, Vaja | |
| Selected public works | |
| Dénes Szűry tomb (Marble, 1912, Budapest, Németvölgyi cemetery ) | |
| Irredentist statue, Észak (statuer, artificial stone, 1921, Budapest, V. dist., Szabadság square, in 1945 breakdowns) | |
| War Memorial (1bout 921, Kapuvár) | |
| First World War heroes memorial (1921, Körmend, Kossuth str. corner) | |
| First World War memorial (statue, stone, 1924, Budapest, XVII. dist., Pesti street 142-144.) | |
| Limanova 9. Hussars - Nádasdy Hussars monument (1924, Sopron, Deák square) | |
| István Türr memorial table (bronze, 1929, Budapest, V. dist., Türr street 6.) | |
| gr. Festetics Géza and his wife tomb (1929, Budapest, Kerepesi cemetery ) | |
| Saint Imre (bronze, 1930, Budapest, XI. dist., Móricz Zs. square) | |
| Petőfi and Jókai bust (1931, Pápa, Széchenyi square Dorm) | |
| Benczúr Gyula (bust, grey sandstone , 1931, Szeged, Pantheon) | |
| Mányoki memorial table (1932, Szokolya) | |
| Hussair (statue, bronze, 1932, Budapest, I. dst., Dísz square) | |
| The Birth of Venus (bronze, 1933, Nyíregyháza, Károlyi square, Barcelona award-winning work) | |
| Mihály Horváth (1934, Szentes) | |
| Louis Marsigli-Luigi Ferdinando (bust, bronze, 1936, Budapest, I. dist., Palace, Eastern terrace) | |
| Christ (stone, 1935, Budapest, XVII. dist., Bajcsy-Zsilinszky square, Before the Roman Catholic church) | |
| War Memorial (bronze, 1937, Nyíregyháza) | |
| Komáromi Csipkés György (1938, Debrecen) | |
| Szent György (bronze, 1939, Budapest, I. kdist., Szent György square, Sándor Danube Palace facadet) | |
| War Memoria (1939, Madocsa) | |
| War Memoria (1940, Tarcal, Heroes Garden) | |
| Liberation Monument (stone, bronze, 1947, Budapest, XI. dist., Gellért hill) | |
| State flag crest (bronze, 1947, Budapest, XI. dist., front of the Gellérthegyi-memorial) | |
| Martyrs Monument - Vádló (1949, Marcali) | |
| Kossuth Lajos monument (bronze, 1952, Budapest, V. dist., Kossuth square) | |
| Kossuth Lajos (bronze, 1953-1955, Budapest, XIV. dist., Heroes Square, Jubilee monument) | |
| II. Rákóczi Ferenc (bronze, 1953-1955, Budapest, XIV. dist., Heroes Square, Jubilee monument) | |
| II. Rákóczi Ferenc and Esze Tamás meeting (relief, 1953-1955, Budapest, XIV. dist, Heroes Square, Jubilee monument) | |
| Taming small (bronze, 1959, Szentes, County Hospital) | |
| Kossuth Lajos (bronze, 1959, Monok, Kossuth park) | |
| Goose girl (bronze, 1961-1966, Hódmezővásárhely, Népkert street) | |
| Weiner Leó-tomb (1962, Budapest, Kerepesi cemetery ) | |
| Lizard (1962 körül, Balatonfüred, Sanatorium park) | |
| State flag (stone, bronze, 1965, Budapest, V. dist, Kossuth square,front of the Parliament) | |
| State flag (stone, bronze, 1965, Budapest, V. dist, Kossuth square, front of the Parliament) | |
| Miklós Izsó (bust, bronze, 1972, Budapest, XIII. dist, Margaret Island, Artist walkway) | |
| Vorosilov marsall (stone, 1981, Nyíregyháza, Hungarian Néphadsereg, kő) | |
| Lipót Herman (bust, bronze, 1983, Gyöngyös, Herman Lipót walkway) | |
| Woman entering water (aluminium, 1987, Zalakaros, beach) | |
| János Gundel (bust, bronze, 1910, felállítva 1992, Budapest, XIV. dist, Állatkerti út 2., Gundel Étterem) | |
| Zoltán Kodály (portrait, Marble, Budapest, XI. dist, Ménesi street 11-13., Eötvös Dorm) | |
| Dragonslayer (bronze, Zalaegerszeg, Göcsej Museum) |
