István Kiss (sculptor)

István Kiss (Biharillye, 8 June 1927 – Szekszárd, 29 December 1997) was a Hungarian sculptor and a member of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party Central Committee between 1975 and 1989.[1][2]

The native form of this personal name is Kiss István. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
István Kiss
István Kiss, 1961
Born(1927-06-08)June 8, 1927[1][2]
Biharillye, Hungary[1][2]
DiedDecember 29, 1997(1997-12-29) (aged 70)[1][2]
Szekszárd, Hungary[2]
NationalityHungary
Notable work
Republic of Councils Monument[3]

Education

Kiss attended secondary school at Nagyszalonta and Újpest. He graduated from the Könyves Kálmán Gimnázium. In 1946 he was student of András Kocsis and Imre Kovács Turáni. From 1948 to 1953 he was student of Zsigmond Kisfaludi Strobl and Sándor Mikus and Pál Pátzay at the Hungarian University of Fine Arts.[2]

Offices

Kiss was a member of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party Central Committee between 22 March 1975 and 7 October 1989.[2]

Works
The Republic of Councils Monument at Memento Park. A memorial for the Hungarian Soviet Republic.

One of his most notable sculptures is the Republic of Councils Monument (Hungarian: Tanácsköztársasági emlékmű),[3] currently sitting at the Memento Park.

References
  1. "Kiss István (1927-1997) szobrász". artportal.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  2. Kozák, Péter (2019). "Kiss István". Névpont (in Hungarian). Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  3. Fowkes, Reuben (2017). "Visualizing the Socialist Public Sphere". The Cambridge History of Communism. Cambridge University Press. pp. 333–353. doi:10.1017/9781316471821.014.

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