HUSZÁR, Imre
(1899, Nagyercse - 1985, Budapest)



Sculptor. He learnt to be a joiner, then took up the trades of wood and stone cutting, and plaster casting in Brasov. He became a pupil of Ferenc Szenák, a sculptor, in Kolozsvár, through whom he met Alajos Stróbl, whose pupil Huszár became for a short time. He broke off his studies because of World War I. After the war he tried his hand at various trades. Between 1920-26 he attended the School of Applied Arts where his masters included Lajos Mátray and Imre Simay.

Not finding any means of living he went to Paris. As an assistant he spent a year in the workshop of Le Mercier where monuments were created. He spent another year at É.A.Bourdelle. Two of his life-size statues were exhibited in the Salon in 1927. He was a member of UAM (Union des Artistes Modernes) and that of the jury at the World Exhibition in 1937.

He returned to Hungary in 1939. He sent his animal figures to exhibitions of applied art but larger works which were soon cut in marble were exhibited in galleries of fine art. He was commissioned to fashion the model "Seal" by the Herend China Factory in three sizes. After 1945 he designed animal figures for kindergartens and statues to be erected in public places. His four lying figures (1960s) were erected in Tatabánya, Gyula, Herend and Mosdós. His major works include "Diana with Deer" (large bronze, Kazincbarcika), "Horse" (Herceghalom) and "Female Nude" (Agárd).



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