Ferenc Medgyessy

Ferenc Medgyessy
Commemorative plaque to Mr. Ferenc Medgyessy (1881–1958) Hungarian sculptor and professor. It is affixed on a studio house of the artists’ colony of the Százados Street in Budapest where he lived and worked between 1911 and 1958. Author of the bronz relief is Mr. Iván Szabó. (Budapest, District VIII, Százados Street Nr 8).
Born	1881 Debrecen, Hungary
Died	1958 (aged 76–77) Budapest, Hungary
Nationality	Hungarian
Style	Folk realism

Ferenc Medgyessy (1881 in Debrecen, Hungary – 1958 in Budapest, Hungary) was a Hungarian sculptor and physician. After graduating in medicine he studied art in Paris. Later, he studied Michelangelo and the Etruscan art in Florence. His art was dominated by folk realism.

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• Short Biography and works by Ferenc Medgyessy