Juhász Gyula (13 April 1876 – 6 January 1913) was a Hungarian sculptor and medallist. Juhász was born in Eger, in northern Hungary. He was studying at Iparrajziskola (Technical School of Design) from 1891 to 1893, then started to work in a workshop as

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assistant. In the second half of the decade he was visiting engraving courses by Ferenc Vasadi. Due to his talent he shortly attracted the attention of

Ede Telcs Eduard "Ede" Telcs was a Hungarian sculptor, and medallist; born at Baja, Hungary on 12 May 1872; died 1948 in Budapest. At the age of twelve he went to Budapest and studied decorative art, but he soon left that city for Vienna, where he was edu ...

, renown medalist of the epoch. As from 1901 he attended Telcs' workgroup to learn more about designing

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s. Awarded fellowship of the National Art Board (Országos Képzőművészeti Tanács) he was studying medal art at the Academy of Fine Arts

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as follower of

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n sculptor. As from 1906 he came out with personnel exhibitions (mostly in the

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). After returning to

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he continued to work for Telcs, then in 1911 he did a field trip to

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. Shortly he moved to the recently opened Százados Street Estate of artists, where he owned studio. His statues (''Eva,'' 1909; ''Gladiator''), medals and

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s (''Meat Industry Fair,'' 1907; ''Dezső Szilágyi,'' 1908; ''Exhibition on Accident Prevention,'' 1910) are fitting to the moderate trend of the Hungarian

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. Juhász died on 6 January 1913 in Újpest, a district of Budapest.

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