Biography
He was a student at the College of Fine Arts in Budapest between 1922 and 1928, and then spent three years abroad in London, Paris, and Berlin. During time in Paris, he met Géza Blattner, under his influence he became interested in puppet theater and became a member of Blattner's avant-garde theater, Arc en Ciel. He lived in Paris until 1932, participated in the 1929 Salon d'Automne, and in 1931 in the Art Hongrois Moderne exhibition with artists such as Tihanyi, Czóbel, and István Farkas.
Starting in 1932, every year he made linoleum-cut New Year's greeting cards depicting the title character of Ábel Tamási's novel trilogy in the story of the current previous year. (A total of 57 pieces.)
His activity had a great influence on Pápa's artistic life. After the Second World War, he opened a free school of fine arts, then in 1949 he established and for decades led the Képzőművész Kör, which still operates today within the framework of the Jókai Cultural Center. In 1965-66 he lived in the USA and Canada. In 1968, he was a founding member of the Győr artist colony. His versatile artistic, public and pedagogical activities make him a prominent figure in the history of Hungarian culture. From 1992, he had a permanent exhibition in the Esterházy Castle in Pápa, in the gallery bearing his name.
