János Pásztor

János Pásztor
János Pásztor in 1938
Born	1881 Gyoma, Austria-Hungary
Died	1945 (aged 63–64) Budapest , Hungary
Education	School of Arts and Crafts
Known for	Academic sculptor
Awards	Grand Prix of the World's Fair in Barcelona

János Pásztor (1881–1945) was a renowned Hungarian academic sculptor in the first decades of the 20th century.

Early life

Pásztor learned sculptural arts in the School of Arts and Crafts (Iparművészeti Iskola, today Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design) in Budapest. He was a pupil of Lajos Mátrai.

His first works were the side figures of the Pál Vásárhelyi Monument in Szeged. In 1903 he got a fellowship in Paris. In 1905 Pásztor settled down in Hódmezővásárhely but five years later he moved to Budapest.

He became a renowned artist with popular exhibitions in 1911, 1918, 1925 and 1930. In 1929 he won the Grand Prix of the World's Fair in Barcelona. He was killed at the end of World War II during the bombardment of Budapest.

Pásztor sculpted small genre statues, female nudes, portraits and funeral monuments. In the 1930s and 1940s he created several important public monuments in Budapest. His most important works-of-art are the

Gallery

• 
  The girl with jug on square Kosssuth in Hódmezővásárhely
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  The Blessing and Destroying Tisza fountain group in Szeged
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  Statue of Pál Kinizsi in Budapest
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  Tomb of

  Kerepesi cemetery

  in Budapest)
• 
  Statue of Francis II Rákóczi outside Hungarian Parliament Building

References

• Pásztor, János biography, English
• Magyar művészeti kislexikon kezdetektől napjainkig. (Glossary of Hungarian art beginnings.) Ed. Körber, Ágnes. Budapest : Enciklopédia Kiadó, 2002. Pásztor, János see 329–330. p.
  ISBN 963-8477-66-0
   ; Hungarian

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