László PÉTERFY
Soulshapes II
2017
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Photo: SULYOK Miklós
PÉTERFY László
1936, Nyárádselye (Șilea Nirajului, RO), ainter and sculptor
He graduated in painting from the faculty of painting at the Ion Andreescu College of Fine Arts in Kolozsvár (Cluj-Napoca) in 1959 and he debuted as a painter. In 1966 he moved to Hungary, where, besides pursuing his art, he also played an active role as one of the organisers of the movement promoting and reviving folk crafs. At the same time, sculpture gradually came to the fore of his oeuvre. He also organised and led folk art woodcarving camps and was one of the founders of the artists’ camp in Velem. He worked as a teacher at the Secondary School of Visual Arts in Budapest from 1992 to 1996, and then as deputy director of the Hungarian Cultural Institute. He made the sculptures for Imre Makovecz’s sacred buildings of outstanding importance. He received the Podmaniczky Prize in 1988, the Zoltán Kodály Memorial Prize in 1999, and the Pro Arte Hungarica Award and the Kossuth Prize in 2007. He has been a member of the Hungarian Academy of Arts since 2011.
