Margit Sebők (December 9, 1939 – October 18, 2000) was a Hungarian painter and educator. She was born in

Karcag Karcag () is a large town in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary. Geography Karcag covers an area of and has a population of 20,632 people (2011). Transport Karcag has its own railway station, b ...

, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county,

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. She spent her childhood in

Berekfürdő Berekfürdő is a village in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok county, in the Northern Great Plain region of central Hungary. Geography It covers an area of . Population It has a population of 1010 people (2015). References External links Official s ...

. She finished high school in Karcag then in 1961 received a degree from the Eszterházy College in

Eger Eger ( , ; ; also known by other alternative names) is the county seat of Heves County, and the second largest city in Northern Hungary (after Miskolc). A city with county rights. Eger is best known for its castle, thermal baths, baroque build ...

, as a teacher of arts and geography. She worked as a teacher until 1988, then she was employed by the :hu:Vasarely Museum She was married to painter and teacher József Pogány (1938–2001), and had a son, sculptor Gábor Benő Pogány. A gallery in

was named after her in 2004.

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1939 births 2000 deaths 20th-century Hungarian educators 20th-century Hungarian painters 20th-century Hungarian women artists Hungarian women painters People from Karcag 20th-century women painters {{Hungary-painter-stub