Ferenc Doór (14 June 1918 – 10 July 2015Ferenc Doór is dead
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and

Szentendre Szentendre () is a riverside town in Pest County, Hungary, between the capital city Budapest and Pilis Mountains, Pilis-Visegrád Mountains. The town is known for its museums (most notably the :hu: Szentendrei Szabadtéri Néprajzi Múzeum, Open- ...

Life

He was born in Petrilla,

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on June 14, 1918. Between 1938 and 1941 he studied on the

Hungarian University of Fine Arts The Hungarian University of Fine Arts ( Hungarian: ''Magyar Képzőművészeti Egyetem'', MKE) is the central Hungarian art school in Budapest, Andrássy Avenue. It was founded in 1871 as the Hungarian Royal Drawing School ''(Magyar Királyi Min ...

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under the

István Szőnyi István Szőnyi (1894-1960) was a Hungarian painter and printmaker noted for works such as ''The Bend of the Danube and Zebegény.'' He and his family rescued Jews during the Holocaust. Hence they were declared Righteous Among the Nations on Octo ...

's hands. After the

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he suffered a captivity of war in

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for three years. After his release terminated his study in 1949, as instructor (assistant professor) of Szőnyi involved in the circulation of Hungarian artistic life. In 1957 he became a member of the Art Fund of Fine Arts Association. By the

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's painting lessons continued painting with natural themes and human figures appear rich color scheme, has joined forces shaping a balanced composition. Oil paintings and water-like substance, were the main elements his expression of color and light. As from his works himself wrote: "I tried my work faithfully follow art my ideas - to capture the potential of everyday life images of beauty - small joys and sorrows, our time and the change of a landscape typical timeless atmosphere of human destinies". He died in his Szentendre home at the age of 97 years on 10 July 2015.

Exhibitions

He had numerous exhibitions in Hungary and abroad, worked for decades in Szentendre and the creative community of artists houses in

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, Kecskemét,

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and Mártély. In the 1950s onward featured in the

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a common ones and in other exhibition spaces in the country.

Individual

* 1959 • Fényes Adolf Terem, Budapest * 1965, 1971, 1983 • Derkovits Terem, Budapest * 1974 • Zalaegerszeg * 1979 • Nyíregyháza * 1975, 1976 • Galleria Antelami,

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* 1972 • Galerie Glaub,

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* 1975, 1978 •

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* 1990 • Csók Gallery, Budapest * 1993 • Művelődési Ház,

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In group

* Műcsarnok országos tárlatai * Hall of Art, Budapest * Vásárhelyi Őszi Tárlatok,

* Szegedi Nyári Tárlatok * Hatvani Biennálék * Humor and Cartoon,

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Works in galleries

* Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest * Déri Museum,

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* Sárospataki Múzeum,

Sárospatak Sárospatak (german: Potok am Bodroch; la, Potamopolis; sk, Šarišský Potok or ; ) is a town in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, northern Hungary. It lies northeast from Miskolc, in the Bodrog river valley. The town, often called simply ''Pat ...

* Gabrovo *

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* Sozopol

Prizes

In 2011, he became the ''Hungarian Gold Cross of Merit'' honors.

Literature

* Doór, Ferenc: Autobiography, 1998
Artportal.hu

Notes

Hungarian painters People from Petrila 1918 births 2015 deaths Hungarian military personnel of World War II Hungarian prisoners of war World War II prisoners of war held by the Soviet Union Romanian emigrants to Hungary {{Hungary-artist-stub