Tóth Vilmos: Funeral Art - Our Budapest (Budapest, 2006)

Funeral Art in the First Half of the 20th Century

nal, now destroyed, tombstone with a replica of the artist's Tabán Chriit. It was Damkó who made Vilmos Fraknói’s funeral monument, which was unveiled in 1929 (K 45), as well as the König and Loczka tombs, which have since been cleared away. Similarly to those made by Damkó, the funeral works of Antal Orbán address a primarily ecclesiastic set of themes. Of these, a replica of The entombment, one of the finest pieces from the Calvary reliefs of the Minor Chapel in Városmajor, can be seen above the artist’s own grave (F 6/7).

Deserving mention here is János Pásztor, above all his funeral sculpture unveiled in 1928 on the Barta-Delbecq family’s grave (K 20/1) with an architectural component designed by Rezső Hikisch. Other major works by Pásztor include his funeral monuments made for the Lotz (K 28), the Liber (K 34) and the Balló (K 48/4) tombs, as well as the work entitled Ad aitra marking his own grave (K 33) and, finally, the piece on the Borostyánkői tomb, which was removed from Kerepesi út Cemetery to the burial site at Rákoskeresztúr.

■ Ferenc Sidló: the depulchre of Mn. Gábor Strache

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