Zalatnai Pál - Kovács Zita: Miskolczy Ferenc 1899-1944 - A Bajai Türr István Múzeum kiadványai 33. (Baja, 2014)

hand took the devices of the socialist, realist, and idealist artistic propaganda. In the last considerable productive period - influenced by Ágoston Vencel - he painted intimately toned/ cozy water-color series of Baja, of the thousandfaced Danube and of the Kamards-Danube. The initiation of his home and his studio in Baja wasn't least romantic than his life. Some years before Miskolczy settled in Baja, the main architect and draftsman of the town, Nagy Márton, had started to build a house in 1928. That particular building has become known as "Bagolyvár" near the Holy Trinity square, on the bank of the Kamarás-Danube, under the address 1 Parti Street. When Nagy Márton moved to Budapest in 1929 his assistant remained unemployed. The constructions, which were financed by loans from the Takarékpénztár, were stopped and the officer became indebted, so he went abroad leaving his liabilities behind. Bagolyvár remained abandoned for years, only children played among its walls and owls nested in it (the name comes from "bagoly" meaning owl). Miskolczy purchased the half-ready building from Takarékpénztár on the picturesque-like location and he finished its constructions based on his own drafts (with Miskolczy László's help). He lived in Bagolyvár until his death.

His respect and love for Baja prompted locallyinspired works: he created the World War I heroic memorial of Déri-garden, moulded the statue of the „Fishing boy" to the Red Bridge later swept away by the 1956's icy spring flood,

reliefs of the great sons of Baja: Kálmán Tóth, István Türr, Lázár Mészáros, „Motherhood" relief on the south facade of the Maternity ward of the hospital of Baja and dr. Ete Burg's memorial plaque in the hall of the obstetrics, the coloured concrete statue of the Gargoyle (Mercurius) standing in the garden of Nagy István Gallery. He produced several memorial plaques.

Three plans were prepared by him at the request of Baja for the András Jelky sculpture contest, but he recommended Ferenc Medgyessy for the creation of the work. So only the plinth of the monument, standing on today's Jelky square is the work of Miskolczy. The following year he also became the winner of the World War I memorial competition announced by the training-college, but he assigned the opportunity of realization to Medgyessy again.

Ferenc Miskolczy, tireless researcher of the history and art of Baja, also did ethnographic collection, established school supplies, made visual aids and decorations. He was a regular speaker at pedagogic and fine art lectures and other events. He studied and collected the local values of folk art, led a tinker and a wood carving group, taught graphics and industrial art first at Gyula Rudnay's Free Academy, then in the fine art circle. He was the founder of Nagy István Society and chairman until his death.

Although he had pushed to the margins of the Hungarian art history due to his oeuvre, indelibly wrote his name into the history of the 20th century Hungarian art with his museum-53