Kovács, Tamás
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Biography
His works are characterised by their fine and detailed elaboration. Despite the stylization and decoration the observer still focuses on the topic. In the decorative graphical works real and fantastic motives and details combine. The series or single works often show fairy tale figures or animals with human traits. The human figures lead the observer into a fictitious past or the Far East. The figures are simple heroes, solders or everyday craftsmen. The atmosphere of the images is characterised by the poetic lyric. The playfulness as well as the irony is kept even on representations with battles. The works are not only admired by the public, but were also acknowledged by the professionals, the oeuvre of the artist was awarded the Munkácsy-Award in 1981.
| Year | Biography |
|---|---|
| 1942 | He was born in Budapest |
| 1964-1968 | Hungarian College of Fine Arts |
| Member of the Association of Hungarian Graphic, | |
| the Hungarian Fine and Applied Artists Association, | |
| the Engravers of Mihály Munkácsy Creative Community, | |
| and also the Széchenyi Art Academy | |
| From 1969 | he exhibited |
| 1977-1984 | He was a regular visitor of the Makó Artist Colony |
| 1983-1987 | He was the art teacher of the Fine and Applied Arts Secondary School |
| His teacher: Sándor Ék, György Kádár, | |
| Károly Raszler, Tibor Rozanits | |
| Awards | |
| 1997 | Budapest Mikszáth Tender I. prize, Petőfi Literary Museum |
| 1982 | I. National Drawing Biennial, Hungarian |
| People's Republic Art Fund Prize, Salgótarján | |
| 1981 | Munkácsy-award |
| 1980 | Drawing Exhibition Hungarian People's Republic Art Fund Prize, |
| Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest | |
| 1979 | BIB Gold Plaque Award, Pozsony |
| 1978 | Beautiful Hungarian Book Award for Excellence |
| 1978 | Main Prize of the Ministry of Culture |
| 1977 | Beautiful Hungarian Book Award for Excellence |
| 1977 | Béla Kondor memorial medal |
| 1977 | IX. Graphic Biennial Prize, Miskolc |
| 1975 | Beautiful Hungarian Book Award for Excellence |
| 1974 | Beautiful Hungarian Book Award for Excellence |
| Single exhibition | |
| 1998 | MOL Gallery, Szolnok |
| 1992 | National Széchenyi Library, Budapest |
| 1984 | Erzsébetváros Gallery, Budapest |
| 1983 | Dunakeszi |
| Nagyatád | |
| 1982 | Public Library, Makó |
| 1980 | Tendenz Galerie, Sindelfingen |
| 1977 | Fészek Club, Budapest |
| Mensch Galerie, Hamburg | |
| 1976 | Csepel Gallery, Budapest |
| 1975 | Helikon Gallery, Budapest |
| 1974 | TV Gallery, Budapest |
| 1972 | Studio Gallery, Budapest |
| Selected group exhibition | |
| 1997 | Mikszáth Tender, Petőfi Literary Museum, Budapest |
| The Merics-collection, Saint Stephen King | |
| Museum, Székesfehérvár | |
| 1996 | Széchenyi Academy of art graphic presentation, |
| MTA headquarters, Budapest | |
| 1988 | IV. National Drawing Biennial, |
| Sándor Nógrádi Museum, Salgótarján | |
| 1985 | Tableau, Bartók 32 Gallery, Budapest |
| 1983 | Lyrical Graphics, Óbuda Gallery, Budapest |
| 1982 | Graphic Art from Hungary, Bankside Gallery, London |
| Haus Derkum, Köln | |
| Kulturfavoriten, Bécs | |
| I. National Drawing Biennial, Sándor Nógrádi | |
| Museum, Salgótarján | |
| Makói Artists' Colony exhibition, | |
| Fészek Gallery, Budapest | |
| 1981 | Zeitgenössische Grafik aus Ungarn, G. M., |
| Hannover | |
| Wärmlands M., Karlstad | |
| 1980 | Intergraphic '80, Berlin |
| Hungarian Graphics, Cultural and | |
| Community Unit Polytechnic of Central London | |
| 1979 | Biennial of Illustrations, Pozsony |
| 1978 | Hungarian Graphics , Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest |
| Berliner Stadtsbibliothek | |
| Kulturhaus, Potsdam | |
| Palazzo Strozzi, Firenze | |
| 1977 | Ady-picture, Petőfi Literary Museum, Budapest |
| 1976 | Musée des Beaux-Arts, Le Havre |
| 1975 | Studio '75, Ernst Museum, Budapest |
| 1974 | 11 Exhibition of Young Artists,, |
| Saint Stephen King Museum, Székesfehérvár | |
| Works in public collection | |
| KMG, Dunaszerdahely | |
| Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest | |
| Petőfi Literary Museum, Budapest |
