The Hungarian University of Fine Arts ( Hungarian: ''Magyar Képzőművészeti Egyetem'', MKE) is the central Hungarian art school in

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, Andrássy Avenue. It was founded in 1871 as the Hungarian Royal Drawing School ''(Magyar Királyi Mintarajztanoda)'' and has been called University of Fine Arts since 2001.

History

Until the mid-19th century, Hungarian artists were learning fine arts in Western European academies. The National Society of Hungarian Fine Arts (Országos Magyar Képzőművészeti Társulat) founded in 1861 was initiating the establishment of a Hungarian school of fine arts. Owing to this movement the Hungarian Royal Drawing School and Art Teachers’ College ''(Magyar Királyi Mintarajztanoda és Rajztanárképezde)'' was opened in 1871. The present-day building of the university was built in 1877, designed by Alajos Rauscher and Adolf Lang. In later decades, the school developed programs for training not only painters and

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s, but artist-craftsmen,

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-makers, stage designers, costumers, and restorers. Numerous prominent Hungarian artists taught there, including the painters

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, János Vaszary, Viktor Olgyai,

Róbert Berény Róbert Berény (18 March 1887 – 10 September 1953) was a Hungarian painter, one of the ''avant-garde'' group known as The Eight who introduced cubism and expressionism to Hungarian art in the early twentieth century before the First World W ...

Aurél Bernáth Aurél Bernáth (1895–1982) was a Hungarian painter and art theorist. He studied at Nagybánya with István Réti and János Thorma. Bernath fought as a soldier in the First World War and moved to Vienna in 1921. Bernath's painting style was hea ...

, Jenő Barcsay, and

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; sculptor Béni Ferenczy and other notable artists.

Presidents from 1871

Buildings

* Hungarian University of Fine Arts (

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, 1062

Andrássy út Andrássy Avenue ( hu, Andrássy út) is a boulevard in Budapest, Hungary, dating back to 1872. It links Erzsébet Square with the Városliget. Lined with spectacular Neo-renaissance mansions and townhouses featuring fine facades and interiors, it ...

69–71.) with the Barcsay-hall. * Strawberry's Garden (Budapest, 1063 Kmety Gy u. 26–28. ) * Feszty House (Budapest, 1063, Bajza u. 39) * Somogyi József Artists' Colony ( Tihany, 8237 Major u. 63.)

Departments

* Program in Fine Art Theory * Visual Education Program * Scenography Program * Intermedia Program * Conservation Program * Graphic Design Program * Printmaking Program * Sculpture Program * Painting Program * Doctoral Programme

Notable people

* 1879-1959

Jenő Bory Jenő Bory ( Székesfehérvár, 9 November 1879 – Székesfehérvár, 20 December 1959) was a Hungarian architect and sculptor. Background Bory received his degree in building engineering in Budapest in 1903. He enrolled in the Academy of Fine ...

* 1934-2008:

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, graphic artist * 1946: Orshi Drozdik, Feminist artist * 2002: Márta Kucsora, contemporary artist

Exhibitions

Barcsay-hall (Barcsay-terem) is the biggest

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to exhibit the student's and foreign's artworks. But you will find four other smaller places to show the artworks.

External links

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