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Elza Kövesházi-Kalmár (1876-1956) was a Hungarian sculptor known for her Art Nouveau and Art Deco sculptures.[1]

Elza Kövesházi-Kalmár
Born(1876-01-01)1 January 1876
Vienna, Austria
Died3 September 1956(1956-09-03) (aged 80)
Budapest, Hungry
NationalityHungarian (b. Austria)
Known forSculpture

Biography


Kövesházi-Kalmár was born on 1 January 1876 in Vienna, Austria.[1] She studied in Vienna and Munich.[2] She was a member of the Künstlerinnen group, the Hagenbund and the Hungarian artists' association Kéve.[3]

Among her awards she was the recipient of a silver medal at the 1926 World's Fair in Philadelphia and a silver and bronze at the 1937 Paris World's Fair.[1] Despite this recognition, she was unable to support herself as an artist and she turned to creating orthopedic shoes for a living.[3]

Kövesházi-Kalmár died on 3 September 1956 in Budapest.[1]


Legacy


Her work was included in the 2019 exhibition City Of Women: Female artists in Vienna from 1900 to 1938 at the Österreichische Galerie Belvedere.[4]


References


Wikimedia Commons has media related to Elza Kövesházi Kalmár.
  1. "Kövesházi Kalmár Elza". Artportal Hungary (in Hungarian). Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  2. "Kalmár, Elsa von". Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon und biographische Dokumentation (in German). 2003. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  3. "Elza Kövesházi Kalmár". AWARE Women artists / Femmes artistes. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  4. "City of Women". Belvedere Museum Vienna. Retrieved 30 June 2020.

На других языках

[de] Elsa Kövesházi-Kalmár

Elsa Kövesházi-Kalmár, andere Schreibweisen: Elsa von Kalmár, Elza Kalmár de Kövesházi, Elza De Kövesházi, Elza Kalmár, Elza Kalmár de Kövesháza, Elza De Kövesháza, Elza Kalmár Kövesháza, Elza Kövesházy-Kalmár, Elza Kövesházy[1] (* 1. Jänner 1876 in Wien-Hietzing; † 3. September 1956 in Budapest), war eine österreichisch-ungarische Bildhauerin, Lithographin und Kunstgewerblerin.[2]
- [en] Elza Kövesházi-Kalmár


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