János Pásztor (1881–1945) was a renowned Hungarian
academic sculptor in the first decades of the 20th century.
Early life
Pásztor learned sculptural arts in the School of Arts and Crafts (''Iparművészeti Iskola'', today
Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design) in Budapest. He was a pupil of
Lajos Mátrai.
His first works were the side figures of the
Pál Vásárhelyi
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Monument in
Szeged. In 1903 he got a fellowship in
Paris. In 1905 Pásztor settled down in
Hódmezővásárhely
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but five years later he moved to Budapest.
He became a renowned artist with popular exhibitions in 1911, 1918, 1925 and 1930. In 1929 he won the Grand Prix of the World's Fair in
Barcelona. He was killed at the end of
World War II during the bombardment of Budapest.
Pásztor sculpted small genre statues, female nudes, portraits and funeral monuments. In the 1930s and 1940s he created several important public monuments in Budapest. His most important works-of-art are the
Ferenc Kazinczy Memorial in the
Castle District of Buda, and the
Neo-Classicist equestrian statue of
Francis II Rákóczi erected in front of the
Hungarian Parliament Building
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on
Lajos Kossuth Square
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in 1937.
Gallery
File:Pásztor János The girl with jug 1908 in Hódmezővásárhely.jpg, The girl with jug on square Kosssuth in Hódmezővásárhely
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File:Szeged-szechenyiter1.jpg, The Blessing and Destroying Tisza fountain group in Szeged
File:Kinizsi Pál Pásztor.JPG, Statue of Pál Kinizsi in Budapest
File:Lotz Károly-sírja.jpg, Tomb of Károly Lotz ( Kerepesi cemetery in Budapest)
File:FrancisIIRákócziStatue.jpg, Statue of Francis II Rákóczi outside Hungarian Parliament Building
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References
Pásztor, János biography, English* Magyar művészeti kislexikon kezdetektől napjainkig. (Glossary of Hungarian art beginnings.) Ed. Körber, Ágnes. Budapest : Enciklopédia Kiadó, 2002. Pásztor, János see 329–330. p. ; Hungarian
1881 births
1945 deaths
People from Békés County
Hungarian sculptors
20th-century sculptors
Hungarian civilians killed in World War II
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