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 Biharillye, Hungary |
| Died | December 29, 1997(1997-12-29) (aged 70) Szekszárd, Hungary |
| Nationality | Hungarian |
| Notable work | Republic of Councils Monument |
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.
Education
Kiss attended secondary school at Nagyszalonta and Újpest. He graduated from the Könyves Kálmán Gimnázium [hu]. 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 [hu] and Pál Pátzay at the Hungarian University of Fine Arts.
Offices
Kiss was a member of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party Central Committee between 22 March 1975 and 7 October 1989.
Works
One of his most notable sculptures is the Republic of Councils Monument (Hungarian: Tanácsköztársasági emlékmű), currently sitting at the Memento Park.
References
- ^ "Kiss István (1927-1997) szobrász". artportal.hu (in Hungarian). Archived from the original on 21 March 2018. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ^ Kozák, Péter (2019). "Kiss István". Névpont (in Hungarian). Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ^ Fowkes, Reuben (2017). "Visualizing the Socialist Public Sphere". The Cambridge History of Communism. Cambridge University Press. pp. 333–353. doi:10.1017/9781316471821.014. ISBN 9781316471821.
External links
Media related to István Kiss (sculptor) at Wikimedia Commons
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