Hajós György: Heroes' Square - Our Budapest (Budapest, 2001)

The creators of the works

OF ART IN THE SQUARE

Károly Amtal, sculptor (Budapest, 1909-Budapest, 1994). Kossuth and Munkácsy prize winner. He was trained in Budapest and then with a scholarship in Italy, where his work appeared in several exhibitions. His statue of Friars Julian and Gellért is on the Fishermen’s Bastion, his St. Ladislas is in Kőbánya, in Esztergom can be found his relief called The Coronation of St. Stephen and his bronze statue entitled Wrestlers stands outside the People’s Stadium. Many of his works are kept in the National Gallery.

Lajos Deák-Ébner, painter (Pest, 1850-Budapest, 1934). Trained in Munich, the first exhibition he took part in was in Vienna, then he lived in Paris for a while, but even at that time he would spend part of the year at Szolnok, which town he represented as a prominent artist.of the community. In 1887 he was appointed director of the Budapest College for Lady Painters. Many of his paintings are in the National Gallery.

Richard Füredi, sculptor (Budapest, 1873-Budapest, 1947). Aside from his statues on the Millenary Monument, his best known work is a statue of Imre Madách, and those of Arnold Ipolyi and Péter Mélius Juhász, which stand in Szeged and Debrecen respectively.

Jenő Grantner, sculptor (Budapest, 1907-Budapest, 1983). Awarded the Munkácsy Prize. Trained in Budapest, he spent two years in Rome on a scholarship. His public statues include the Cenotaph to the Haiduk, and the now ruined Klebelsberg Memorial in Budapest. Many of his monuments stand in provincial towns. Several pieces by him are kept in the National Gallery.

Lipót Havel, master builder (Budapest, 1847-Budapest, 1933). He began his career as a bricklayer and was awarded the certificate of master builder in 1886. Established in 1870 and later taken over by his son, his company was among the leading architectural firms of the period (it was liquidated in 1949). Gntil

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