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18. August, 2020
The Széll family comes from Bucsu. József Széll obtained his law degree in Győr (1820). He was sub-prefect Vasvár County (1842-1848), later the deputy Lord Lieutenant (1867-1871). He was a Member of Parliament in 1848, then between 1865 and 1868. József Széll’s son was Prime Minister Kálmán Széll (1843-1915), and his grandson was József Széll,…
21. July, 2020
In 1906 he moved with his family to Bozsok, into the Sibrik Castle. In 1912 he participated in organizing the Vas County Art History Exhibition in Szombathely, in the Savaria Museum. From 1917 to 1934 he was director general of the Museum of Applied Arts and lived in Budapest. In 1934 he retired to Bozsok…
30. April, 2020
The Farkasfa trial was the bloodiest event in the communist justice system in Hungary. 70 people were prosecuted in 1953 on charges of espionage and conspiracy in Yugoslavia. 10 people have been sentenced to death or have died in connection with trial: Mrs. József Bekes, József Bekes, Péter Wrangel, Ferenc Sipos, Ernő Szabó, János Sipos,…
21. July, 2020
He went to the Faludi Ferenc Reálgimnázium Secondary School, where he was the student of Ágoston Pável who also offered him accommodations. For one and a half years after graduation, he worked on his father's farm in Csönge. He graduated in philosophy and aesthetics, receiving his PhD in 1939. Moved to Budapest in 1943, but…
10. February, 2020
György Zala was born as György Mayer on April 16, 1858, in a Roman Catholic family in Alsólendva. After graduation, he enrolled in the Faculty of Engineering and then a drawing school. He wanted to be a painter, but Adolf Huszár discouraged him and introduced him to the world of sculpture. In 1879 he was…