Miklós Borsos

Miklós Borsos (13 August 1906 – 27 January 1990) was a Hungarian sculptor and medallist. His style integrated elements of archaic art and classicism with modern elements.

Biography

Born in Nagyszeben, Transylvania, Kingdom of Hungary (present-day Sibiu, Romania), he and his family fled to Győr in 1916, after the Romanian invasion; they settled there in 1922. Borsos and his wife lived in the same Győr house until the end of World War II.

Up to the end of the 1940s, Borsos' art was tightly connected to the modern Hungarian plastic art represented by Fülöp Ö. Beck, Béni Ferenczy, and Ferenc Medgyessy. From about 1950 onwards, he developed more intellectual, abstract, and experimental approaches. Borsos's form of expression and the subjects of his art were connected with the intensity of his experiences and views.

Borsos had his first public showing in 1941 in Budapest at the Tamás Galéria. He later had shows around Europe, including Linz, Austria (1964), Venice (1966), and Rome (1967), Zürich, Graz and Locarno in 1967.

Awards

Miklós was awarded the title Artist of Merit of the Hungarian People's Republic in 1967. His other honors include:

1954 Munkácsy Award 1957 Kossuth Prize 1959 Premio Carrara 1969 National Small Sculpture Biennial, Pécs Pot 1972 Outstanding Artist 1977 First National Medal of Art, Béni Ferenczy Prize. 1950 Attila József Prize, 1950 1961 Rippl-Rónai Award, 1961 1963 Szegedi Nyári Tárlat Award, 1963 1964 József Egry Prize, 1964