Michael Meszaros
Michael Victor Meszaros | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1945 (age 78–79) Melbourne, Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Occupation(s) | Sculptor, Medallist |
| Website | meszarossculptor |
Michael Victor Meszaros OAM (born 1945 in Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian sculptor and medallist.
Life and career
Michael Meszaros is the younger son of Hungarian-born architect, sculptor, and medallist Andor Mészáros and his wife Elizabeth. He attended Preshil Margaret Lyttle Memorial School in Kew and Wesley College in Melbourne.[1] During his school years, he received artistic inspiration from his father and learned craftsmanship skills, particularly in designing and crafting medals. In 1958, he collaborated with his father to create a medal for Australian philatelist and medal collector John Gartner (1914–1998).
In the 1960s, he studied architecture at the University of Melbourne and graduated in 1968. He then spent a year in Rome on a Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Australia scholarship, studying metal sculpture and medal art at the Scuola dell’arte della medaglia. His thesis was the design of the series Twelve Signs of the Zodiac, which he completed upon his return to Melbourne. The twelve medals were sold to collectors and donated to the Melbourne Museum in 2011 by Jennifer M. Shaw.[2]
References
- ^ Plastics and Rubber International. Plastics and Rubber Institute. 1977. p. 40.
- ^ "Medal - 'Twelve Signs of the Zodiac - Aries', Michael Meszaros, Victoria, Australia, 1970". Museums Victoria Collections. Archived from the original on 2016-04-12. Retrieved 2024-03-27.
External links
- Michael Meszaros Association of Sculptors of Victori
- Michael Meszaros Museums Victoria Collections
- Michael Meszaros The British Museum
- Michael Meszaros boroondara.vic.gov.au
- Movers and shapers theage.com.au