Heves megyei aprónyomtatványok 24/Q

ÁDÁM WÜRTZ

He was bora in 1927 in Tamási. He completed his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in 1948-53. He has been many times on instructional trips in different countries. At the beginning of his artistic career two one-mam exhibitions of his were opened in 1958 in the Institute of Cultural Relations, in 1963 in Dürer Hall. His works were exhibited in 1965 in. Vienna, in 1966 at the International Graphic Biennale of Lugano. He has won several prizes, for example: Vienna, VIT prize; Lugano, personal prize. He is triple Munkácsy Prize winner. (1957, 1966, 1969) His technique is outstandingly brilliant. On his copperplates the patterns of Hungarian folklore are often used, he likes to combine surrealistic elements into realistic compositions. As an illustrator he has a great part in the development of modern Hungarian book art.