BECK, András
(1911, Alsógöd - 1985, Paris)



Sculptor, son of Ödön Fülöp Beck. First, his father taught him art, then he became a pupil of Zsigmond Kisfaludi Strobl at the Art School for three years, then went on a study trip to Germany. His early works were exhibited in the Tamás Gallery. After several exhibitons, his works were on show in London and in Berlin. In 1947 when he became the President of the Trade Union of Hungarian Artists, he travelled to Paris. In 1948 he was appointed teacher of the Art School.

From the 1930s onwards he created mostly symbolic - expressionist bronze statuettes and portraits (e.g. "Annie Fischer") and expressive plaquettes (Bartók, Móricz, Árpád Tóth and Thomas Mann). From the late 40s, he received commissions to sculpt figures to be erected in public places. In 1956 he settled down in Paris. In 1963 his works, mostly non-figurative bronze statuettes of lyric abstraction, were exhibited in Galerie Lambert. His major works of the period include "Refugees" (1967) and "Dance" (1969). His last exhibition was in the building of the Mint in Paris in 1980 where he was employed. He was killed in a car accident.



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