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El Kazovsky

エル・カゾフスキー

El Kazovsky

Aliases: Elena Kazovskaya

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1948-07-13 (Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg))
Died
2008-07-21 (Budapest) age 60
Nationality
Hungarian
Languages
Hungarian, Russian
Residence History
Leningrad, Russia → Budapest, Hungary

Career

Occupations
painter, performer, poet, costume designer
Active Years
1977-2008

Education

Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts
Painting
Degree: painting
Period: 1965-1977
Year of Graduation: 1977
Country: Hungary
Masters: György Kádár and Ignác Kokas

Awards

Kossuth Award
2002
Result: winner
Mihaly Munkacsy Award
1989
Result: winner
Gyula Derkovits Scholarship
1980
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Style & Themes

Literary Style
expressive paintingsmythological world
Recurring Motifs
long nosed dogballet dancer figure

Legacy

one of the leading Hungarian painters of his time

Archives

  • Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest
  • Ludwig Museum - Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest
  • Institute of Contemporary Art, Dunaújváros
  • Muzeum Sztuki w Lodz, Lodz, Poland