István Kiss (Biharillye, 8 June 1927 – Szekszárd, 29 December 1997) was a Hungarian sculptor and a member of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party Central Committee between 1975 and 1989.[1][2]
István Kiss | |
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 István Kiss, 1961 | |
| Born | June 8, 1927[1][2] |
| Died | December 29, 1997 (aged 70)[1][2] |
| Nationality | Hungarian |
| Notable work | Republic of Councils Monument[3] |
Education
editKiss attended secondary school at Nagyszalonta and Újpest. He graduated from the Könyves Kálmán Gimnázium. In 1946 he was student of András Kocsis and Imre Kovács Turáni. From 1948 to 1953 he was student of Zsigmond Kisfaludi Strobl and Sándor Mikus and Pál Pátzay at the Hungarian University of Fine Arts.[2]
Offices
editKiss was a member of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party Central Committee between 22 March 1975 and 7 October 1989.[2]
Works
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One of his most notable sculptures is the Republic of Councils Monument (Hungarian: Tanácsköztársasági emlékmű),[3] currently sitting at the Memento Park.
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Kiss István (1927-1997) szobrász". artportal.hu (in Hungarian). Archived from the original on 21 March 2018. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g Kozák, Péter (2019). "Kiss István". Névpont (in Hungarian). Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ^ a b Fowkes, Reuben (2017). "Visualizing the Socialist Public Sphere". The Cambridge History of Communism. Cambridge University Press. pp. 333–353. doi:10.1017/9781316471821.014. ISBN 9781316471821.
External links
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