STRÓBL, Alajos
(1856, Liptóújvár - 1926, Budapest)



Sculptor, a leading personality of Hungarian sculpture at the turn of the century. His art can be best characterized with sensitive realistic modelling. He was a pupil of K. Zumbusch between 1876-80. He was a young sculptor when his statue "Perseus" (1882) attracted a lot of attention.

He created two statues for the facade and two sitting figures ("Erkel" and "Liszt") for the entrance of the Opera. From that time onwards, he became the most popular sculptor of memorials. He sculpted the figure of "János Arany" (in the garden of the Hungarian National Museum) in 1893, the "Matthias Fountain" (in Buda Castle) in 1904, and the equestrian statue of "St. Stephen" (in Fischer Bastion) in 1906. The "Semmelweis Memorial" was erected in 1906 (now in front of Rókus Hospital). The statue of "Jókai" (1921), the composition "Reading Girls" (1921), the "Sándor Károlyi Memorial" and the busts of "József Eötvös" and "János Arany" stand in public places of Budapest. Together with Kálmán Gerster, Stróbl produced statues for the Kossuth Mausoleum (1907) and the "Elizabeth Memorial". The statue of "János Arany" (1910) can be seen in Nagykörös and the "Szécheny Memorial" (1914) in Szeged. His war memorial, originally intended to be an apotheosis of Károly Lotz, is in Sansted, England.

In addition to his works in the style of memorial typical of the 19th c., he also created a great number of impressionist portraits ("Self Portrait at Young Age", 1878, "Young Woman", 1916-18, and "Szinyei Merse", 1918-19, etc.). "Our Mother", one his major works, was awarded the Grand Prix at the World Exhibition in Paris. For many decades, he was a teacher of the Art School, his influence in this capacity was enormous.



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