Andor Mészáros

Andor Mészáros (1 September 1900 in Budapest, Hungary – 1 May 1972 in South Melbourne, City of Port Phillip, Australia) was a Hungarian-Australian architect, sculptor, and medallist.

Life and Career

Andor Mészáros was the son of lawyer Alexander Mészáros and his wife, sculptor Bertha née Grünsberg. He attended high school in Budapest and served in the Hungarian cavalry in 1918, but did not see action due to the end of the First World War. From 1919 to 1924, he studied mechanical engineering at the Vienna University of Technology, then sculpture at the Académie Julian in Paris from 1924 to 1925 – studying under Henri Bouchard, Paul Landowski, and in the studio of József Csáky – and finally architecture at the Technical University of Budapest until 1927. After two years of training as a draughtsman with architects Móric Pogány and as a civil engineer with József Vágó, he was licensed by the Hungarian Chamber of Architects (Magyar Építész Kamara) and began working as an architect. He collaborated closely with sculptor and medallist Eduard "Ede" Telcs, for whom he developed several architectural designs for fountains. In 1932, he opened his own office.