István Ferenczy

Relief of István Ferenczy on the corner of Magyar utca/ Ferenczy István utca in Budapest, District V

The Allegory of Science by István Ferenczy, Hungarian National Gallery in Buda Castle, 1842–1843

István Ferenczy (February 24, 1792 – July 4, 1856) was a Hungarian sculptor.

Career

Ferenczy made a number of exerted attempts to establish a school of sculpture in Hungary and it was his mission to establish and promote national art in Hungary. However, he proved to be unsuccessful in setting up a sculptural school, but many of his works remain in the Hungarian National Gallery as a symbol of Hungarian art during the first half of the nineteenth century.

Ferenczy died in 1856 in Rimaszombat.

Some works

István Ferenczy, The Beginning of Art (Little Shepherdess), 1820–1822

István Ferenczy, Bust of the Medici Venus, after 1822

István Ferenczy, Portrait of Countess Viczay, 1824

István Ferenczy, Self-portrait, 1830

External links

Media related to István Ferenczy at Wikimedia Commons

• Biography
• Simon Meller: Istvan Ferenczy lives and works in Budapest, 1908