The Eighth Hungarian Tribe, 1983 (10. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1983-08-01 / 8. szám
Page 6 THE EIGHTH HUNGARIAN TRIBE August, 1983 “Kossuth Memorial,” by A. Finta, on Kossuth and Grand Avenue in Fairground Park. Detail of G. J. Zolnay’s “Confederates’ Memorial” — east of Jefferson Memorial in Forest Park. G. J. Zolnay’s “Laclede Statue” — west of University City’s City Flail on Market St. “The Naked Truth,” by G. J. Zolnay, Compton Fleights, St. Louis. ETHNIC ST. LOUIS: HUNGARIAN-AMERICAN SCULPTURE The St. Louis Art Museum has collected works by several notable Hungarian-American artists (works by László Moholy-Nagy and Victor Vasarely, for example). But, if you care to take a sculpture tour in St. Louis, a good beginning would be with the Hungarian- American works listed here. George J. Zolnay, born in Pecs, Hungary in 1863, studied at the Bucharest and Vienna Academies of Fine Arts before immigrating to the United States in 1893. In St. Louis during the 1904 World’s Fair, Zolnay was associated with the Fair’s Art Department and is one of the founders of the St. Louis Artists’ Guild. Alex Finta, after leaving Hungary, became a noted sculptor in Los Angeles. Finta was commissioned to create the bronze relief of Governor Louis Kossuth; the bronze was unveiled on Memorial Day 1952 in Fairground Park. Ferenc (Frank) Varga, also of Hungarian origin, became a well-known sculptor based in Detroit, Michigan. Varga was commissioned to create a statue to commemorate the birth of the first King of Hungary, Stephen. To commemorate the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, Hungarian/Los Angeles sculptor Árpád Dómján was commissioned to produce a bronze plaque entitled “Young Freedomfighters.” “Young Freedomfighters,” plaque by A. Dómján, near Busch Stadium, as is the statute of “St. Stephen of Hungary," by F. Varga (not shown here).
