User:TheHollywoodHootsman/Pál Kő

(The original Hungarian Wikipedia website is translated by: Bálint Szabari)

Pál Kő (originally: Lajos Pataki, after: Lajos Levente Maczky) was born at Prespuszta on the 2nd of June in 1941 and died on the 7th of June in 2020 at Heves. He was awarded with the title of the "Nation's Artist" and with the famous "Kossuth Prize." He was also known as a Hungarian sculptor and he had a university degree from teaching.

His life
Pál Kő was born on the 2nd of June in 1941 at Perespuszta (nearby to the Hungarian towns of Heves and Jászszentandrás). His parents were Béla Maczky and Terézia Pataki. He gradually suceeded in college and between 1963 to 1968 he has achieved his degree at the Hungarian College of Fine Arts. Among his master teachers he belonged to József Somogyi's group.

In 1955 he painted pictures which symbolized the Passions of Christ. He gave these masterpieces to the local Catholic Church of Jászszentandrás before he began to study in high school. In 1963 he published his own exhibitions from fine arts and crafts. From 1978 he began to teach at the Hungarian College of Fine Arts. He attained the head position of the department at the College in 1990. He acquired the position of the associate professor in 1991 and what is more he obtained the position of the vise chancellor between 1992 to 1995 under his university charreer.

From 1986 he became the leader of the artist group in Heves. From 1990 to 1995 he was elected to be the committee member of the Kossuth and Széchenyi prizes. He was also the chairman of the board of trustees for the Géza Samu foundation. Between 1993 to 1996 he became the chairman president of the Society of Fine Arts and Applied Arts of the World Association of Hungarians and also he was the member chairman to the Committee of Dániel Berzsenyi. In 1995 he became the member of the Hungarian Academy Of Arts. Furthermore, in 1996 he was the main editor and publisher, thus the supervisor and the promoter of the infamous newspaper, called: Lyukas óra (Hole Hour). In 2001 local authorities organized a Lifetime Echibiton for his honor.

His Works
Up until the mid 1970's he mainly sculpted wooden sculptures, which were colorfully painted and were born in the spirit of the Pop Art. Later on his styles reached back and showed similarity to the original Hungarian traditions which were practiced during wooden sclupture. He prepared the planning concept for the historic memorial site in Mohács. Furthermore, among other things, he created the stone reliefs of the Our Lady of Hungarians chapel in the Vatican.

His exhibitions (a compliation)
Other Notable Apperiances.


 * 1968–69, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1985–86 Budapest
 * 1970, 1988 Balassagyarmat
 * 1973 Törökszentmiklós, Nyíregyháza
 * 1974 Dunaújváros
 * 1975 Hatvan
 * 1976 Hajdúszoboszló, Mohács
 * 1978 Velence, Kiskunmajsa
 * 1979 Debrecen, München
 * 1980, 1985, 1998 Heves
 * 1982 Veszprém, Zalaszentgrót, Tatabánya, Celldömölk
 * 1984 Kölesd, Szekszárd, Gyöngyös, Visegrád
 * 1986 Amszterdam, Székesfehérvár
 * 1987 Dortmund, Sopron
 * 1988 Kecskemét, Szentes, Hajdúböszörmény
 * 1991 Simontornya
 * 1994 Marosvásárhely, Sepsiszentgyörgy
 * 1997 Eger
 * 2010 Source Gallery, Budapest
 * 2011 Pál Kő 70 Hungarian University of Fine Arts at the Parthenon - Frieze Room – Strawberry garden, Budapest

Public Sculptures (a short cathalog)



 * Wedding (Budapest, 1966)
 * Kálmán Mikszáth (Balatonföldvár, 1970, Szécsény, 1972)
 * The Old Fisherman (1970)
 * Girl with a golden earring (1971)
 * Scavenger (1971)
 * Celebration (Óföldeák, 1972, Heves, 1974)
 * Attila József (Salgótarján, 1972)
 * Chagall and me (1972)
 * St. Stephen the 1st (1973)
 * Kossuth in a coat (1973)
 * Harrowing (Levelek, 1974)
 * My mother's books (1975)
 * 29 epitaps (Mohács, 1976)
 * A Hungarian Messiah (1976)
 * Sulptures at the Memorial of Mohács (1976)
 * Peacock (1977)
 * Zsigmond Móricz (Nyíregyháza, 1977)
 * 3 stone reliefs (Vatikán, 1980)
 * John Hunyadi (Jánoshalma, 1980)
 * Green - eyed girl (Budapest, 1981)
 * Charles I of Hungary (Gyöngyös, Texas, 1983)
 * Sándor Kőrösi Csoma (Dardzsiling, 1983)
 * Boy with a rooster (Bécs, 1984)
 * Winged horses (Budapest, 1985)
 * Béla III of Hungary (Baja, 1986)
 * Stephen Sinka (Vésztő, 1987)
 * Stephen the 1st and prince Géza (Veszprém, 1988)
 * Founder (Zánka, 1988)
 * Szondi (Drégelypalánk, 1989)
 * Corpus (Ajnácskő, 1990)
 * Ferenc Kölcsey (Budapest, Sződemeter, 1990)
 * Memorial of Podmanicky Frigyes(Budapest, 1991)
 * Dancing woman (Budapest, 1992)
 * Lajos Kossuth (Szolnok, Nagypalád, 1993)
 * Bride (Parádfürdő, 1994)
 * Grave Monument at Ráday(Farkasrét, 1995)
 * A Monument(Szajol, 1996)
 * Professor's tower(Budapest, 1997)
 * Léda, Diana (1998)
 * Bach (Sárospatak, 1999)
 * József Grősz(Kalocsa, 2000)
 * statue of Stephen I of Hungary(Gellért-hegy, 2001)
 * The ship of the Hungarian field of science(Budapest, 2003)
 * St. Andrew the martir(Jászszentandrás, 2006)
 * Béni Egressy(Mezőcsát, 2008)
 * Memorial of József Antall(Balatonfüred, 2008)
 * Statue of József Ratkó (Nagykálló, 2014)

His Books

 * Pál Kő (self - autography)
 * Lui. Ildikó Benkei's interview about Pál Kő
 * Stargazer. Tales about masters, friends, pupils.

Prizes and acknowledgments

 * KISZ-prize (1969, 1971)
 * Mihály Munkácsy prize(1975)
 * the first prize of the national small plastic biennale (1976)
 * Art Fund award (1984)
 * The prize for the public exhibition at Salgótarján(1989)
 * Prize for the Hungarian Arts and Crafts(1990)
 * Honorary citizen of Nagypalád(1994)
 * Honorary citizen of Heves(2000)
 * Kossuth Prize(2001)
 * The Kölcsey Commemorative Plaque Prize(2002)
 * Prima Primissima Prize/ In the Cathegory of the Hungarian Fine Arts (2006)
 * Honorary citizen of Terézváros(2011)
 * The Nation's Artist(2014)
 * The Ambassador of Heves County(2015)
 * Hungarian Heritage Award(2016)