VILT, Tibor
(1905, Budapest - 1983, Budapest)



Sculptor. Vilt studied at the School of Aplied Arts between 1922-26, then became a pupil at the Art School. "Self Portrait", his first major work dates from 1926. He was invited to join UME, the Society of New Artists. His works were exhibited together with those of KUT, the New Society of Artists. In 1919 he had a joint exhibition with János Kmetty in the Tamás Gallery. The period was marked by portraits. He studied in Rome on a scholarship sponsored by Lajos Ernst.

Until the mid 30s, his art was influenced by Egyptian and medieval sculpture together with cubism and classicism (e.g. "Girl with Bird" is a good example for his classicism, 1933). From the late 1930s he attempted to express movement and change in his statuettes, reliefs and portraits. He used mainly bronze, metal and glass in his works. A typical example of his art is "Figure with Chair", a series (1945-54).

From the 1960s onwards his tools became simpler. Several of his statues, full of dynamism and tension, can be seen in public places. His typical statuettes include "After he War" (bronze, 1945), "Indifference" (Bronze, 1952), "Centaur" (1960), "Champagne" (bronze), "Three Figures" (glass) and "Categories I" (bronze, 1966). "Dorottya", a 320 cm tall aluminium composition and "Musing", a 170 cm tall bronze, were exhibited in Venice in 1968.



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