Hungarian_University_of_Fine_Arts Knowpia

The Hungarian University of Fine Arts (Hungarian: Magyar Képzőművészeti Egyetem, MKE) is the central Hungarian art school in Budapest, Andrássy Avenue. It was founded in 1871 as the Hungarian Royal Drawing School (Magyar Királyi Mintarajztanoda) and has been called University of Fine Arts since 2001.

History edit

Until the mid-19th century, Hungarian artists were learning fine arts in Western European academies. The National Society of Hungarian Fine Arts (Országos Magyar Képzőművészeti Társulat) founded in 1861 was initiating the establishment of a Hungarian school of fine arts. Owing to this movement the Hungarian Royal Drawing School and Art Teachers’ College (Magyar Királyi Mintarajztanoda és Rajztanárképezde) was opened in 1871. The present-day building of the university was built in 1877, designed by Alajos Rauscher and Adolf Lang.

In later decades, the school developed programs for training not only painters and sculptors, but artist-craftsmen, mosaic- and gobelin-makers, stage designers, costumers, and restorers. Numerous prominent Hungarian artists taught there, including the painters Károly Ferenczy, János Vaszary, Viktor Olgyai, Róbert Berény, Aurél Bernáth, Jenő Barcsay, and Márta Lacza; sculptor Béni Ferenczy and other notable artists.

Presidents from 1871 edit

View of the University Building in 2011

1871–1902: Gusztáv Kelety, painter
1902–1905: Bertalan Székely, painter
1905–1920: Pál Szinyei Merse, painter
1921–1923: Károly Lyka, art historian
1923–1925: István Csók, painter
1925–1927: Oszkár Glatz, painter
1927–1931: István Réti, painter
1931–1932: Károly Andreetti, architect
1932–1935: István Réti, painter
1935–1937: Ágost Benkhard, painter
1937–1939: Antal Meyer, artist-craftsman
1939–1940: Gyula Rudnay, painter
1940: Dezső Pilch, painter
1940–1941: Ferenc Sidló, sculptor
1941–1943: Dezső Pilch, painter

1943: László Kandó, painter
1943–1945: Jenő Bory, architect, sculptor
1945: Lajos Varga-Nándor, draughtsman, painter
1945–1947: László Kandó, painter
1947–1949: Pál Pátzay, sculptor
1949–1956: Sándor Bortnyik, painter, draughtsman
1956–1973: Endre Domanovszky, painter
1973–1985: József Somogyi, sculptor
1985–1989: István Kiss, sculptor
1990–1995: Lajos Sváby, painter
1995–2002: Árpád Szabados, painter
2002–2005: Ádám Farkas, sculptor
2005–2013: Frigyes Kőnig, painter
2013–2016: Tibor Somorjai-Kiss, graphic
since 2016: Judit Csanádi, stage designer

Buildings edit

Hungarian University of Fine Arts (Hungary, Budapest, 1062 Andrássy út 69–71.) with the Barcsay-hall.
Strawberry's Garden (Budapest, 1063 Kmety Gy u. 26–28. )
Feszty House (Budapest, 1063, Bajza u. 39)
Somogyi József Artists' Colony (Tihany, 8237 Major u. 63.)

Departments edit

Program in Fine Art Theory
Visual Education Program
Scenography Program
Intermedia Program
Conservation Program
Graphic Design Program
Printmaking Program
Sculpture Program
Painting Program
Doctoral Programme

Notable people edit

1879–1959 Jenő Bory
1934–2008: János Major, graphic artist
1946: Orshi Drozdik, Feminist artist
2002: Márta Kucsora, contemporary artist

Exhibitions edit

Barcsay-hall (Barcsay-terem) is the biggest gallery to exhibit the student's and foreign's artworks. But you will find four other smaller places to show the artworks.

External links edit

Magyar Képzõmûvészeti Egyetem. "MKE". mke.hu. Retrieved 2016-12-23.
"Magyar Képzőművészeti Egyetem | Facebook". facebook.com. Retrieved 2016-12-23.
Nyíry Géza. "Best of Diploma 2014". bestofdiploma.hu. Archived from the original on 2011-11-02. Retrieved 2016-12-23.

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