István Kiss (Biharillye, 8 June 1927 –

Szekszárd Szekszárd (, formerly also ''Szegzárd''; ; or ; ) is a small city in southern Hungary and the capital of Tolna County. By population, Szekszárd is the smallest county capital in Hungary; by area, it is the second-smallest (after Tatabánya). ...

, 29 December 1997) was a Hungarian sculptor and a member of the

Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party The Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party (, , MSZMP) was the ruling Marxist–Leninist party of the Hungarian People's Republic between 1956 and 1989. It was organised from elements of the Hungarian Working People's Party during the Hungaria ...

Central Committee between 1975 and 1989.

Education

Kiss attended secondary school at Nagyszalonta and

Újpest Újpest (; , ) is the 4th District in Budapest, Hungary. It is located on the left bank of the Danube River. The name Újpest means "New Pest" because the city was formed on the border of the city of Pest, Hungary in 1838. Újpest was a village ...

. He graduated from the . In 1946 he was student of András Kocsis and Imre Kovács Turáni. From 1948 to 1953 he was student of

Zsigmond Kisfaludi Strobl Zsigmond Kisfaludi Strobl (1 July 1884 – 14 August 1975) was a Hungary, Hungarian sculptor and artist. His sculptural style integrated elements of Realism (arts), realism and academism style mainly engaged in creating portrait busts. Extern ...

and and Pál Pátzay at the

Hungarian University of Fine Arts The Hungarian University of Fine Arts ( Hungarian: , MKE) is the central Hungarian art school in Budapest, Andrássy Avenue. It was founded in 1871 as the Hungarian Royal Drawing School ''(Magyar Királyi Mintarajztanoda)'' and has been called ...

Offices

Kiss was a member of the

Central Committee between 22 March 1975 and 7 October 1989.

Works

One of his most notable sculptures is the Republic of Councils Monument (Hungarian: ''Tanácsköztársasági emlékmű''), currently sitting at the

Memento Park Memento Park (Hungarian: ''Szoborpark'') is an open-air museum in Budapest, Hungary, dedicated to monumental statues and sculpted plaques from People's Republic of Hungary, Hungary's Communist period (1949–1989). There are statues of Vladimir L ...

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Members of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party Hungarian modern sculptors 20th-century Hungarian sculptors 1927 births 1997 deaths {{Hungary-sculptor-stub