Béla Nagy Abodi (Hungarian: ''Abodi Nagy Béla''; 13 July 1918 – 9 December 2012) was a Hungarian

painter Painting is a Visual arts, visual art, which is characterized by the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called "matrix" or "Support (art), support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with ...

, and professor of the

Academy of Fine Arts in Cluj-Napoca An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of tertiary education. The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 386 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the go ...

. He studied in the class of

Camil Ressu Camil Ressu (; 28 January 1880 – 1 April 1962) was a Romanian painter and academic, one of the most significant art figures of Romania. Biography Early life and career Born in Galați, Ressu came from an Aromanians, Aromanian family that mi ...

at the Academia de Belle-Arte in Bucharest, and then went to the

Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts The Hungarian University of Fine Arts (Hungarian language, Hungarian: , MKE) is the central Hungary, Hungarian art school in Budapest, Andrássy Avenue. It was founded in 1871 as the Hungarian Royal Drawing School ''(Magyar Királyi Mintarajztan ...

Budapest Budapest is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns of Hungary, most populous city of Hungary. It is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, tenth-largest city in the European Union by popul ...

, as a student of

István Szőnyi István Szőnyi (1894-1960) was a Hungarian painter and printmaker noted for works such as ''The Bend of the Danube and Zebegény.'' He and his family rescued Jews during the Holocaust. Hence they were declared Righteous Among the Nations Rig ...

. He served for 5 years in the

Hungarian army The Hungarian Ground Forces (, ) constitute the land branch of the Hungarian Defence Forces, responsible for ground activities and troops, including artillery, tanks, Armoured Personnel Carriers (APCs), Infantry Fighting Vehicles (IFVs), and g ...

, and became a war prisoner in

USSR The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...

. He worked as a teacher at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cluj-Napoca.

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