Biography

Jenő Kerényi was born in 1908 in Budapest. Between 1925 and 1930 he studied at the School of Decorative Arts. Afterwards he was admitted to the Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts, where he graduated in 1937 as a student of Jeno Bory, and later he became an assistant professor for him. In 1937 he was in Rome by scholarship.
In 1950 and in 1952 he got Munkácsy-award. In 1955 he won the Kossuth-award, and in 1958 on the World's Fair in Brussels the Grand Prix was given to him.

In 1964 he became merited artist, in 1966 outstanding artist and in 1968 he was awarded by the gold grade of work merit.

He lived in Budapest, from 1934 he regularly exhibiting artist. His main activity the statuettes, relieves, round sculptures and monumental works. The dominant material of his works the stone and bronze and aluminum.