Ferenc Berényi (

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, November 9, 1927 –

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, August 2, 2004) was a Hungarian painter. He studied at the

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between 1949 and 1953 where his prominent teachers were

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and Endre Domanovszky. From 1954 he was a regular participant of many exhibitions in Hungary and many other cities, like

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and

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. In 1961 he was one of the founding members of the Studio of Young Artists. In the same year he got a three-year Derkovits Scholarship and moved to

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where he lived and continued his art until 2004. He was a two-time board member of the painter class of direction of the Hungarian Fine and Applied Arts. From 1975 to 1982 he taught at the

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Awards

#1961–1964: Derkovits Scholarship #1966: Artists Union Country Council Art Award #1968: Munkácsy Award #1975: Szolnok Painter Triennial, 1st Prize, #1978:

County Council Art Award

Exhibitions

#1964 •

, Szigligeti Theater #1966 •

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#1967 •

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#1967 •

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#1968 •

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, János Tornyai Museum #1979 • Horticultural Institute #1981 •

#1983 •

, Collective Studio #1984 •

, Cultural Center #2003 •

#2007. November 9. - 2008. February Szolnok Gallery, ''In memoriam Berényi Ferenc''

Works in public ownership

, János Tornyai Museum, #

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, Art Gallery #

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, Art Gallery #

, Hungarian Embassy #

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Berenyi, Ferenc 1927 births 2004 deaths Hungarian University of Fine Arts alumni 20th-century Hungarian painters 20th-century Hungarian male artists Hungarian male painters