MOIRET, Ödön
(1883, Budapest - 1968, Budapest)



Sculptor, architect and medalist. After attending the School of Decorative Arts, he went to Berlin, then to Bruxelles where he became a pupil of P. Ch. van der Stappen. His works were first exhibited in 1906. He was a teacher of sculpture at the Technical University between 1911-19 but he worked in Gödöllő at the same time. From 1920 to 1944 he lived alternately in Vienna and Budapest. In 1944, he settled down in Vienna where his works were later exhibited several times.

The style and subject of his sculpture were inspired by the school of Gödöllő. He often modelled symbolic statues ("Strong Family", "Venus genetrix", "Fertility", etc.). He completed the tomb of Aladár Körösfői-Kriesch in 1925. In the 1930s his art was under the influence of the school of Rome (e.g. the tablet to commemorate the anniversary of the National Theatre, 1937, Nagy Lajos Memorial in Székesfehérvár, 1938). He created several medals and plaquettes (Dürer Plaquette, 1938). Many of his works are in the collection of the Hungarian National Gallery. Some of his statues are erected in Vienna, Hannover and Berlin, and several of his works are in the collections of museums abroad.



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