Elza Kövesházi-Kalmár (1 January 1876 – 3 September 1956) was a Hungarian sculptor known for her

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and

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sculptures.

Biography

Kövesházi-Kalmár was born on 1 January 1876 in

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. She studied in Vienna and Munich. She was a member of the ''Künstlerinnen group'', the ''Hagenbund'' and the Hungarian artists' association ''Kéve''. Among her awards she was the recipient of a silver medal at the 1926 World's Fair in Philadelphia and a silver and bronze at the 1937

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. Despite this recognition, she was unable to support herself as an artist and she turned to creating orthopedic shoes for a living. Kövesházi-Kalmár died on 3 September 1956 in

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Legacy

Her work was included in the 2019 exhibition ''City Of Women: Female artists in Vienna from 1900 to 1938'' at the

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kövesházi-Kalmár, Elza 1876 births 1956 deaths Hungarian women sculptors 19th-century women sculptors 20th-century Hungarian women artists Artists from Vienna