József Breznay

József Breznay (20 September 1916 – 18 February 2012) was a Hungarian painter.

Biography He was born in Budapest. From 1934 to 1939 he studied at the University of Fine Arts Budapest. His masters were Bertalan Karlovszky, Ágost Benkhard, Rezső Burghardt and István Szőnyi. During 1938–39 he was Szőnyi's teaching assistant.

According to the proposal of Prof. Tibor Gerevich he was appointed to receive the scholarship of the Rome Prize. He worked there as a resident of Collegium Hungaricum between 1939 and 1940. In 1940 he again received the Rome Prize. The young painter matured during these years to a painter of full-fledged style, further developing the school of painters of Nagybánya, (Baia Mare, Romania) featuring a relaxed pictorial quality.

He died on 18 February 2012 in Budapest.

Personal exhibitions 1946: Fókusz Galéria, Budapest, Hungary 1948: Művész Galéria, Budapest, Hungary 1953: Fényes Adolf Terem, Budapest, Hungary 1954: Fényes Adolf Terem, Budapest, Hungary 1961: István Csók Galéria, Budapest, Hungary 1962: Galerie Barbizon, Paris, France 1963: Galerie l'Indifferent, Lyon, France 1964: Malkasten Kunstverein, Düsseldorf, Germany 1965: Kunstkabinett, Hannover, Germany 1966: Künstlerkreis, Marburg, Germany 1969: Konshallen, Uppsala, Sweden 1970: Kunstverein, Lingen, Germany 1971: Galerie Pfeiffer, Brussels, Belgium 1972: Galerie Oranje, Ghent, Belgium Galerie Goltz, München, Germany Palace of Arts (Budapest) Műcsarnok, Budapest, Hungary 1973: Galleria Antelami, Parma, Italy 1974: Galleria l'Ascendente, Milan, Italy 1975: Staatsgalerie, Würzburg, Germany Galerie A. Vynecke van Eyck, Ghent, Belgium 1977: Galleria Mariani, Parma, Italy Club Amici dell'Arte, Ferrara, Italy Kossuth Művelődési Ház, Kölesd, Hungary 1978: Galleria Romana, Milan, Italy Művelődési Központ, Csorna, Hungary 1979: Galleria Leonessa, Brescia, Italy Galleria Sant'Andrea, Parma, Italy 1981: Szőnyi Terem, Miskolc, Hungary 1982: Palace of Arts (Budapest), Műcsarnok, Budapest, Hungary Gallery Park, Witten, Germany 1983: Galleria Sant'Andrea, Parma, Italy 1984: Gallery Park, Witten, Germany 1985: Staatsgalerie, Hattingen, Germany 1988: Galerie am Gewölbe, Tübingen, Germany 1990: Galleria Sant'Andrea, Parma, Italy 1996: Collegium, Budapest, Hungary 1997: Galerie Marceau, Paris, France 1998: Szőnyi István Múzeum, Zebegény, Hungary 2000: Galleria Duomo, Milan, Italy 2001: Librerie Felltrinelli, Milan, Italy La Rotonde, Paris, France 2003: Galéria Melange, Budapest, Hungary 2006: Olof Palme Millenniumi Szalon, Budapest, Hungary

Group exhibitions

1940-1941-1947: Római Magyar Akadémia, Rome, Italy 1943: Nemzeti Szalon, Budapest, Hungary 1944-50 years: Hungarian Art, Fővárosi Képtár, Budapest, Hungary 1946: Fókusz Galéria, Budapest, Hungary 1947: KEVE Kiállítás, Nemzeti Szalon, Budapest, Hungary 1948: 90 Artists, Nemzeti Szalon, Budapest, Hungary 1950-1968: I-II. Magyar Képzőművészeti Kiállítás, Budapest, Hungary 1955: 10 Years Art, Műcsarnok, Budapest, Hungary Hermann Ottó Múzeum, Miskolc, Hungary to begin 1955: Országos Képzőművészeti Kiállítás 1957: Salon Populiste, Musee Municipal d'Art Moderne, Paris, France Tavaszi Tárlat, Műcsarnok, Budapest, Hungary 1958: 50. Salon d'Automne, Paris, France 1960: IV. Exposition Internationale de Peinture, Vichy, France 1968: Gallery Guggenheim Jeune, London, England Folkwang Museum, Essen, Germany 1969: Magyar Művészet, Műcsarnok Budapest, Hungary 1971: XX. Painting Biennale, Florence, Italy to begin 1976: Miskolci Teli Tárlat, Miskolc Galéria, Hungary 1978: Festészet'77, Műcsarnok, Budapest, Hungary 1983: House of Humour and Satire, Gabrovo, Bulgaria 1984: Országos Képzőművészeti Kiállítás '84, Műcsarnok, Budapest, Hungary 1988: Tavaszi Tárlat, Műcsarnok, Budapest, Hungary 1989: XIV. Salon de Peinture de Bourbonne-les-Bains: Gold Medal

Awards, prizes 1937: Rotary Club Prize, Hungary 1939: Gold Medal of the Hungarian College of Fine Arts, Hungary 1939-1941-1947: Scholarship of the Hungarian Academy of Rome, Hungary 1942: Nemes Marcell Prize-Szinyei Társaság, Hungary 1943: Wolfner Gyula Prize-Szinyei Társaság, Hungary 1953: Mihály Munkácsy Prize, Hungary to begin 1957: member of Salon des Indépendants, Paris, France 1958: István Csók Medal, Hungary 1962: Grand Prix, Deauville, France 1964: Bronze Medal of the European Council of Arts 1976: Silver Medal of Munka Érdemrend, Hungary 1978: First prize of Carrara dei Marmi, Italy 1989: Gold Medal of Bourbonne-les-Bains, France

Public collections Hungarian National Gallery (Magyar Nemzeti Galéria), Budapest, Hungary Damjanich János Múzeum, Szolnok, Hungary Museum of Applied Arts (Budapest) (Iparművészeti Múzeum), Hungary Theatre Lingen, Lingen, Germany Herend Porcelain Manufactory Ltd. (Herendi Porcelángyár), Herend, Hungary Mobile Museum of Art, Alabama, United States

Public works 1939: Mezőkovácsháza, fresco in collaboration with Eugénia Bonda. 1954: Komlò Secco, Beloiannisz Gyàr Berente Church, fresco in collaboration with Gabor Breznay and András Breznay