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Zala György

Sculptor

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 admitted to the Vienna Academy, from where went to the Munich Academy. In 1883 he changed his name to György Zala. In 1893 he began the work on the statue of Gyula Andrássy, which was inaugurated in 1906. In 1894 he was commissioned to erect the Millennial Monument to commemorate the Hungarian Conquest. In all respects, this monument was one of the greatest works of Hungarian sculpture.

Information on digitization

Name of site

Lendava/Lendva

Place and date of birth

Ledava, 16.04.1858

Place and date of death

Budimpešta, 31.07.1937

Articles created

konjeniški kip grofa Andrássyja,
kipi Ferenca Deáka,
kip kraljice Elizabete,
kip Marija in Magdalena.

Written sources

Zala György Lendván: kiállításvezető = György Zala v Lendavi: vodnik po razstavi, 2010. Lendava: Galerija-Muzej.

File name

PMMS_068_E_0001

Resolution

300 dpi

Restrictions on use

brez omejitev

Date of documentation

2020-02-04

Person documenting

Tadeja Andrejek

Photo gallery

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