Zoltán Nuridsány >> Biography Biography Zoltán Nuridsány was born on the 22nd of August, 1925, in Marosvásárhely. During his secondary school years in Budapest he became a pillar of the Fine Arts Circle under the direction of the graphic artist, Nándor Nagy. At the same time he also frequented Tibor Gallé's "Free School" where he was working on the proportions and the motion of the human body. In 1944, as a result of his conscious preparations, he gained admission to the College of Fine Arts. His masters included István Szõnyi, Jenõ Barcsay, János Kmetty and on the faculty of mosaic art: Géza Fónyi. During the spring of 1945 he was working in Szentendre under Jenõ Barcsay's direction. From 1946 on, he began to exhibit his works in
the exhibitions of the so-called European School. His supporters considered him as a
member of new generation of the European School and as a college student of an earnest and
promissing talent. In 1948 he received a grant of the Human Academy of Rome. The works
made there met with success on the Bursars' Exhibition. Back in Hungary he became concerned with the theory and practical problems of mural art upon the initiative of Máriusz Rabinovszky for whom he was working as an assistant. In 1949 his monumental mosaic scheme was exhibited at the MEFESZ Exhibition. His talent was praised by Lajos Fülöp, as well. In 1949-1950 the 'Quadriga' was founded by Ferenc Jánossy, Zoltán Nuridsány, Gellért Orosz, and Gyula Sugár. Their exhibitions met with warm response in the early fifties. In 1955 the Quadriga had three new members: László Bod, Géza Bornemissza and Barnabás Megyeri. Nuridsány's first - and last - monumental work is the "Engineer" (a mosaic with a couple of figures) on the outside wall of the Engineering School in Székesfehérvár. The next commission arrived two decades later. His design won two awards not long before he died, however, his project never been realised. In the meantime he became famous for his paintings. In 1962 an independent exhibition was held in Fényes Adolf Gallery. The catalogue was written by János Frank. In the same year he had another exhibition in Hanoi, Vietnam showing his drawings and water-colours made in Vietnam. In 1966 his works were exhibited together with László Bod's and Gyula Sugár's ones. In 1968 a collection of drawings with the title "Vietnam in pictures" was exhibited. Each of his significant exhibitions met with success. His works now belong to the National Gallery, to others museums in the country and also to the collections of Hungarian and foreign art collectors. On the 22nd of May, 1974, while he was preparing his next exhibition the sudden death came in the prime of his life. Memorial exhibitions:
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