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István Ferenczy (February 24, 1792 – July 4, 1856) was a Hungarian

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Career

Ferenczy made a number of exerted attempts to establish a school of

sculpture Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sc ...

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and it was his mission to establish and promote national art in Hungary. However, he proved to be unsuccessful in setting up a sculptural school, but many of his works remain in the

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as a symbol of Hungarian art during the first half of the nineteenth century. Ferenczy died in 1856 in Rimaszombat.

Some works

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Biography
* Simon Meller: ''Istvan Ferenczy lives and works in Budapest'', 1908 {{DEFAULTSORT:Ferenczy, Istvan Members of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences 1792 births 1856 deaths People from Rimavská Sobota 19th-century Hungarian sculptors Male sculptors