Noémi Ferenczy (18 June 1890 – 20 December 1957) was a Hungarian artist, best known for her

tapestry Tapestry is a form of Textile arts, textile art which was traditionally Weaving, woven by hand on a loom. Normally it is used to create images rather than patterns. Tapestry is relatively fragile, and difficult to make, so most historical piece ...

designs. She wove her own tapestries, and was influenced by the Nagybánya art movement. She was born in

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, the twin sister of sculptor Béni Ferenczy. They were the children of the artists Károly Ferenczy and Olga Fialka. The Ferenczy Museum in Szentendre was founded in order to hold artworks by the family as well as other artists. Noémi became a socialist, and this is reflected in the political themes of some of her work. She produced watercolours and sketches which were mostly turned into designs for tapestry and

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s. In addition to developing designs for Gobelin-style tapestries, Noémi Ferenczy taught the art to others, resulting in a trend for tapestry in Hungary during the 1950s and 1960s. She died in

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, aged 67, and is buried, along with her parents and her brother Béni, in the

Kerepesi Cemetery Kerepesi Cemetery (Hungarian: ''Kerepesi úti temető'' or ''Kerepesi temető'', official name: ''Fiumei úti nemzeti sírkert'', i.e. "Fiume Road National Graveyard") is the most famous cemetery in Budapest. It is one of the oldest cemeteries in ...

. A portrait of Noémi and Béni at the age of eighteen, painted by their father, hangs in the

Hungarian National Gallery The Hungarian National Gallery (also known as Magyar Nemzeti Galéria, ), was established in 1957 as the national art museum. It is located in Buda Castle in Budapest, Hungary. Its collections cover Hungarian art in all genres, including the w ...

. A Ferenczy Noemi Prize is awarded by the Hungarian Ministry of Cultural Heritage.

Works

*"Bricklayers" *"Shingle Maker" *"Flight to Egypt" (1916) *"Harangvirágok" (1921) *"Nővérek" (1921) *"Kertésznők" (1923) *"Woman Carrying Faggots" (c.1925) *"Weaving Woman" (c.1930) *"Szövőnő" (1933) *"Kőműves, Házépítő, Pék" (1933) *"Woman Watering Flowers" (1934) *"Sisterhood" (c.1942)

References

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