Géza Maróti (1875-1941) was a Hungarian architect, sculptor, painter, and applied artist.

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, retrieved 13 May 2012 Maróti was from a rural merchant family and began his career as a woodcarver but later went on to complete studies in

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and

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. He settled in Zebegeny before the outbreak of

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and went on to complete numerous commissions both as an architect and a sculptor for public building projects. His work, a cultural history of

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, is still unpublished.

Major works

Buildings with sculptures executed by Maróti, unless otherwise indicated. * 1904–1907.

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, Budapest. * 1905.

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, Budapest. * Lending bank, Budapest. * Trading Bank, Budapest. * 1905–1910. Pest National Savings Company, Budapest. * 1906. International Exhibition Pavilion, Milano. The original burned down, although it won Maróti a number of awards and prizes. * 1908.

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, Mexico City, Mexico: dome, sculptures, mosaic work. * 1911. World Exhibition Pavilion, Turin, Italy. * 1912–1914. Maróti Villa, Zebegény, Hungary: sculptures and fountains. * 1927–1932. Detroit, United States. Various bronze and granite sculptures and decorations. * Detroit:

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, Livingstone Memorial Lighthouse,

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Museum, Foreman Bank Building, Hurison Motor Co. Building (likely the

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building), Times Building, S.S. Kresge Building. * Plans for oval and university sport precinct, Lágymányos, Hungary. (Never built.) * 1938. Hero's Square with Christ sculpture, Zebegény. Unfinished due to World War II and subsequent Soviet takeover of power. * 1933–1940. More than 600-page study on the lost city of

. Finished in German and translated into English, but never published.

References

1875 births 1941 deaths Architectural sculptors 20th-century Hungarian architects Hungarian woodcarvers 20th-century Hungarian sculptors {{Hungary-sculptor-stub