PAINTER, SCULPTOR, CRAFTSMAN

BORN:  12th DECEMBER 1914 TEMESVÁR, HUNGARY
DIED: 8th JANUARY, 2008, VIOLÉS, FRANCE
   
CAREER:
 
1932-1936 STUDIED AT THE HUNGARIAN ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS, BUDAPEST. MENTOR: RUDNAY GYULA
1949-1950: Teacher at the Hungarian Academy of Applied Arts, Budapest
1950: Was dismissed from his teaching job for political reasons
1956: During the Revolution his Atelier was destroyed and most of his work perished
1957: Emigrated to Austria with his son                                                                              
1958      
Individual exhibitions:
1945: Bucharest; Timisoara
1946: Timisoara
1949: Budapest, Adolf Fényes Saloon
 1951  Warsaw
1955: Budapest, Ernst Museum – with György Kling (collection catalogue)
1958-1962:          Munich, Galerie im Hofgarten (annual exhibitions)
1962: Nuremberg, Galerie Yserentant; Galerie Da Vinci
1966: Stockholm, Galery Prisma
1966-1971: Paris, Galérie du Siécle (annual exhibitions)
1981: Verviers (B), Galérie Primaver
1992-2008: Vacqueyras (F), L’ Atelier de l’ Insolite (at the gallery of his son)
1995: Munich / Sauerlach
1997: Vacqueyras, Mairie – with his son, János Árpád Kazinczy
1998: Lyon, AR Galérie – joint exhibition with his son
2002: Budapest, Szinyei Saloon „Arrived home, my friend” with Tamás Lossonczy
2003: Sátoraljaújhely (H), Kazinczy Ferenc Museum; Virtuartnet
2008: Kaposvár (H), Vaszary Picture-Gallery „Retrospective Exhibition”
2014 SZEKSZÁRD, MŰVÉSZETEK HÁZA "KAZINCZY JÁNOS ANTAL WAS BORN '100 YEARS AGO"
2019 BUDAPEST-KŐBÁNYA,  KŐRÖSI CSOMA SÁNDOR KULTURÁLIS KÖZPONT
2024 BUDAPEST, INDA GALLERY "DISCOVERIES"

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 Collective exhibitions
1936: Budapest National Saloon "KUT” (does not appear in the catalogue as he was invited after print)
1948: Budapest National Saloon "New ways of Hungarian Fine Arts”
Budapest, Metropolitan Gallery, "Works of art from 100 Hungarian Artists”
Metropolitan Gallery. Travelling exhibition in the Hungarian mining towns  (Kazinczy was co-director of the exhibition)
Budapest, Metropolitan Gallery "New Hungarian fine arts"
Budapest, Free Organisation of Hungarian Fine Artists "Fine artists about mines, factories, rebuilding”
1950: Budapest, Art Gallery "1st Hungarian fine arts exhibition”
1957: Budapest, Art Gallery "Spring Saloon”
1958: Vienna
1959: Nuremberg, Fränkische Galérie
1969: Royaumont, (F), Fondation Royaumont “The beauty is running the streets”
1982-1983: Hajdúböszörmény (H)
1995: Paris, Hungarian Institute “Those French sculptors from Hungary”
2003: Hatvan (H), Ady Endre Library "Photos, drawings, paintings about 1956”
2003-2004: Paris, Hungarian Institute "Limits and transitions in the medal-art”
2006: Kaposvár (H), Vaszary Picture-Gallery "From the picture-gallery of 1956”

 2018                   Budapest, Műcsarnok "Emigrant hungarian artists about the revolution 1956"

 2019:                  Budapest, Rugógyár Gallery 

2024                    Budapest, Inda Gsllery, BCT        

artworks to be found in:
-       Budapest, Hungarian National Gallery
-       Budapest, Metropolitan Picture-Gallery
-       Washington, Hungarian Embassy
-       Paris, Musée d´Art Moderne

-       Hajdúböszörmény (H), City Museum

-       Different private collections mainly in Germany, France, Hungary, Belgium and USA
 
Bibliography:
1945  BECHNITZ SÁNDOR (FLANEUR): "SZABAD SZÓ" (FREE WORD), TIMISOARA, RUMANIA 

1948   "NEW HUNGARIAN FINE ARTS" (PICTURE-GALLERY OF THE CAPITAL’S MINEFIELD PERIPATETIC             EXHIBITION) HUNGARY

1949  VÉGVÁRI LAJOS "FÜGGETLEN MAGYARORSZÁG" 

1955   ARADI NÓRA "SZABAD MŰVÉSZET" (FREE ART) HUNGARY
1955  CIFKA PÉTER "MAGYAR NEMZET" (HUNGARIAN NATION) HUNGARY 
1966  "ART ENCYCLOPAEDIA" HUNGARY 
1981  "FREEDOM AND PEOPLE" HUNGARY 

1995  ZIMMERMANN INGRID. "SÜDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG" GERMANY 

1995  "MÜNCHNER MERKUR" GERMANY

1995  CSERBA JULIA CATALOGUE:" THOSE FRENCH SCULPTORS FROM HUNGARY, PARIS" FRANCE 
2000  "CONTEMPORARY HUNGARIAN ART ENCYCLOPAEDIA" HUNGARY 
2000  SZENTE TAMÁS: "HUNGARY IN THE XX- TH CENTURY: VIEWS ON A CIVILISATION" FRANCE 
2003  PATAKI GÁBOR: "ÚJ MŰVÉSZET" (NEW ART) / (FRESH OLD-WINE) HUNGARY 
2003  ANDOR ANNA: "ÚJ MŰVÉSZET" (NEW ART) / (ARRIVED HOME, MY FRIEND) HUNGARY 
2004  SÜMEGI GYÖRGY "PICTURE WORD, FINE ARTISTS ABOUT ’56" HUNGARY 
2006  SÜMEGI GYÖRGY "1956 PICTURES REGISTER" HUNGARY 
2006  CSERBA JULIA, FRANCE 
2015  SÜMEGI GYÖRGY "ÉLETÜNK" (OUR LIFE) HUNGARY 

2018  SÜMEGI GYÖRGY :"KORTÁRS" (CONTEMPORARY) HUNGARY                                                    

2024  SÜMEGI GYÖRGY 'A NAGY VIHAR" (THE GREAT STORM) HUNGARY                                               

2024  NAGY BARBARA "ÉLET ÉS IRODALOM" (LIFE AND LITERATUR) HUNGARY                                

2025  DEMETER ERVIN "ERDÉLYSÉG" (TRANSYLVANISME) HUNGARY 

 
          MANY DOCUMENTS AND ARTICLES PERISHED, THEREFORE THEY ARE EXCLUDED FROM THE                BIBLIOGRAPHY  

 
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