67 Notable alumni of Hungarian University of Fine Arts
Updated: June 14, 2026 EliteDegrees
Hungarian University of Fine Arts is 7900st in the world, 1st in North America, and 29st in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 67 notable alumni from Hungarian University of Fine Arts sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Hungarian University of Fine Arts won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Nándor Balaskó
1918-1996 (aged 78)
sculptor
lecturer
Nándor Balaskó was a sculptor from Romania.
2. Lilla Bodor
1979-. (aged 47)
painter
Lilla Bodor is a Hungarian painter.
3. Lajos Csontó
1964-. (aged 62)
graphic artist
artist
Lajos Csontó is a Hungarian artist.
4. Ödön Vaszkó
1896-1945 (aged 49)
painter
Ödön Vaszkó was a Hungarian painter.
5. Suzanne Balkanyi
1922-2005 (aged 83)
artist
Suzanne Balkanyi was a French-Hungarian artist, known particularly for her humorous etchings of Paris street scenes. After narrowly escaping transportation to Auschwitz in 1944, she left Hungary in 1947 to live in Paris, where she worked until her death.
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6. Louis Tinayre
1861-1942 (aged 81)
painter
illustrator
printmaker
Louis Tinayre was a French illustrator and painter. He is remembered for his panoramas and dioramas of Madagascar, and for his paintings of Albert I, Prince of Monaco hunting.
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7. Tihamér Margitay
1859-1922 (aged 63)
painter
artist
Tihamér Margitay was a Hungarian painter. He was born in Jenke, Austria-Hungary, (today Jenkovice, Slovakia). He painted anecdotic, so-called "parlour pictures", in the style of Jules Bastien-Lepage.
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8. László László Révész
1957-2021 (aged 64)
performance artist
painter
László László Révész was a Hungarian painter and performance artist. He received a Master of Fine Arts degree in painting from the Hungarian University of Fine Arts in 1981 and an MA in animation from Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design Budapest in 1986. Révész defended his DLA dissertation "Pictorial narrative in the Fine Arts" in 2010.
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9. Ragnhild Butenschøn
1912-1992 (aged 80)
sculptor
Ragnhild Butenschøn, née Jakhelln was a Norwegian sculptor. She was especially known for her church art.
10. Balázs Diószegi
1914-1999 (aged 85)
painter
Balázs Diószegi was a Hungarian painter and a nobleman.
11. Félix Bódog Widder
1874-1939 (aged 65)
painter
Félix Bódog Widder was a Hungarian painter, graphic designer and teacher.
12. Barbara Baska
1984-. (aged 42)
cinematographer
Barbara Baska is a graphic designer and cinematographer.
13. Lajos Csordák
1864-1937 (aged 73)
art educator
painter
teacher
Lajos Csordák was a Hungarian painter.
14. András Beck
1911-1985 (aged 74)
medalist
sculptor
András Beck was a Hungarian sculptor. He was noted for his symbolic and expressionist bronze statuettes and portrait busts.
15. Dezső Ákos Hamza
1903-1993 (aged 90)
screenwriter
film director
painter
journalist
sculptor
Dezső Ákos Hamza was a Hungarian film director. He directed more than ten films from 1941 to 1956.
16. Károly Klimó
1936-. (aged 90)
visual artist
painter
graphic artist
university teacher
Károly Klimó is a Hungarian artist, one of the best known Hungarian artists of the present day. He is a non-figurative artist, member of the Széchenyi Academy of Literature and Arts.
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17. István Kiss
1927-1997 (aged 70)
sculptor
István Kiss was a Hungarian sculptor and a member of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party Central Committee between 1975 and 1989.
18. Zeev Kun
1930-2024 (aged 94)
painter
Zeev Kun was an Israeli painter of Hungarian origin. He is the father of the artist Shay Kun.
19. Károly Antal
1909-1994 (aged 85)
sculptor
Károly Antal was a twentieth century Hungarian sculptor. His sculptural style reflected neoclassicism style.
20. József Breznay
1916-2012 (aged 96)
painter
József Breznay was a Hungarian painter.
21. Miklós Kiss
1981-. (aged 45)
designer
kissmiklos is a Hungarian designer and visual artist, known for incorporating elements of graphic design, design, fine art and architecture into his work. His art is characterized by a strong conceptual approach and an outstandingly aesthetic quality. In his branding and graphic designs, he has developed his unmistakably minimal and distinctive style.
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22. Béla Uitz
1887-1972 (aged 85)
painter
graphic designer
graphic artist
Béla Uitz was a Hungarian painter, graphic artist and communist activist.
23. Béla Nagy Abodi
1918-2012 (aged 94)
painter
Béla Nagy Abodi was a Hungarian painter, and professor of the Academy of Fine Arts in Cluj-Napoca. He studied in the class of Camil Ressu at the Academia de Belle-Arte in Bucharest, and then went to the Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts in Budapest, as a student of István Szőnyi. He served for 5 years in the Hungarian army, and...
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24. Anton Prinner
1902-1983 (aged 81)
painter
writer
printmaker
sculptor
illustrator
Anton Prinner was a Hungarian, naturalized French painter, engraver and sculptor. Born Anna Prinner in Budapest, Prinner began using the first name Anton when he moved to France in 1928.
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25. Károly Patkó
1895-1941 (aged 46)
graphic artist
painter
Karoly Patko was a twentieth century Hungarian painter and copper engraver, noted for his nude paintings in a plastic presentation.
26. István Beöthy
1897-1961 (aged 64)
sculptor
painter
architect
István Beöthy (1897 – 27 November 1961) was a Hungarian sculptor and architect who mainly lived and worked in France.
27. Ivan Radović
1894-1973 (aged 79)
painter
tennis player
art critic
Ivan Radović was a Serbian-Yugoslav tennis player and painter.
28. Győző Czigler
1850-1905 (aged 55)
school teacher
architect
Győző Czigler was a Hungarian architect and academic.
29. István Réti
1872-1945 (aged 73)
graphic designer
art historian
university teacher
visual artist
graphic artist
István Réti was a Hungarian painter, professor, art historian and leading member, as well as a founder and theoretician, of the Nagybánya artists' colony, located in what is present-day Baia Mare, Romania. In addition, he served as president of the Hungarian University of Fine Arts (1927–1931) and (1932–1935).
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30. István Nagy
1873-1937 (aged 64)
illustrator
painter
István Nagy was a Hungarian artist who specialized in landscapes and figure painting.
31. Americo Makk
1927-2015 (aged 88)
painter
Americo Makk was a Hungarian-born painter known for his work in portraiture and ecclesiastical art. After early artistic training in Hungary and Italy, he lived and worked in Brazil. In 1962, Makk emigrated to the United States. His subjects included political figures such as U.S. presidents Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan, as well as religious murals and paintings commissioned by...
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32. Octavian Smigelschi
1866-1912 (aged 46)
illustrator
painter
Octavian or Octav Smigelschi was an Austro-Hungarian painter and printmaker, one of the leading culturally Romanian artists in his native Transylvania. Of mixed Polish, Aromanian, and possibly Ruthenian, background, he identified mainly with the Romanian-speaking Greek-Catholics, although some of his most important work was also done for the rival Romanian Orthodox Church. Smigelschi studied under Bertalan Székely at the Drawing...
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33. Pál Fried
1893-1976 (aged 83)
graphic designer
painter
Pál Fried was a Hungarian artist best known for his eroticized paintings of female dancers and nudes.
34. Franz Eisenhut
1857-1903 (aged 46)
painter
draftsperson
Franz Eisenhut was a prominent Danube Swabian Realist and Orientalist painter. He is considered one of Austria-Hungary's greatest academic painters in the second half of the 19th century. His most famous and recognizable paintings include Death of Gül Baba, Battle of Zenta, Slave trade and Cock fighting and many other, depicting mostly motifs from the Orient. His works can be...
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35. Orshi Drozdik
1946-. (aged 80)
graphic artist
installation artist
university teacher
visual artist
painter
Orshi Drozdik is a feminist visual artist based in New York City. Her work consists of drawings, paintings, photographs, etchings, performances, videos, sculptures, installations, academic writings and fiction, that explore connected themes, sometimes over an extended period. Through her work, organized into several topics, she explores themes that undermine the traditional and erotic representation of women: Individual Mythologies, Adventure in...
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36. Ivan Tabaković
1898-1977 (aged 79)
ceramicist
painter
sculptor
draftsperson
Ivan Tabaković was an Austro-Hungarian-born Serbian painter.
37. Líviusz Gyulai
1937-2021 (aged 84)
painter
graphic designer
illustrator
animator
graphic artist
Líviusz Gyulai was a Hungarian graphic artist, printmaker, illustrator.
38. Béla Kondor
1931-1972 (aged 41)
painter
poet
graphic artist
photographer
Béla Kondor was a Hungarian painter, prose writer, poet, photographer, and avant-garde graphic artist.
39. Béla Iványi-Grünwald
1867-1940 (aged 73)
painter
Béla Iványi-Grünwald was a Hungarian painter, a leading member of the Nagybánya artists' colony and founder of the Kecskemét artists' colony.
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40. Dóra Maurer
1937-2026 (aged 89)
exhibition curator
painter
printmaker
photographer
Dóra Maurer was a Hungarian visual artist whose work spanned a 50-year career. She worked in almost every medium, from film and photography to painting, performance and sculpture. Principally achieving recognition in the 1970s with avant-garde work, Maurer developed her art career from works with contemporary and modern influences that have been shown worldwide. Her art is based on mathematical...
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41. János Thorma
1870-1937 (aged 67)
painter
János Thorma was a Hungarian painter. A representative figure of the Nagybánya artists' colony, which started in 1896, in Nagybánya, Austria-Hungary (today Baia Mare, Romania), he moved through different styles, shifted from the naturalism that was the aesthetic of the colony, to historical subjects, to romantic realism and to a Post-Impressionism style. His work is held by the Hungarian National...
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42. Ilona Keserü
1933-. (aged 93)
graphic artist
painter
Ilona Keserü is a Hungarian painter, professor emerita, Kossuth Prize winner.
43. Farkas Molnár
1897-1945 (aged 48)
painter
graphic designer
graphic artist
architect
Farkas "Wolfgang" Ferenc Molnár was a Hungarian architect, painter, essayist, and graphic artist. He is associated with the first generation of Bauhaus movement, and was active in Budapest.
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44. István Szőnyi
1894-1960 (aged 66)
politician
university teacher
painter
graphic artist
engraver
István Szőnyi was a Hungarian painter and printmaker noted for works such as The Bend of the Danube and Zebegény. He and his family rescued Jews during the Holocaust. Hence they were declared Righteous Among the Nations on October 2, 1984. István Szőnyi was one of the most gifted members of the Nagybánya group.
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45. Judit Reigl
1923-2020 (aged 97)
painter
artist
Judit Reigl was a Hungarian painter who lived in France.
46. Imre Varga
1923-2019 (aged 96)
politician
sculptor
Imre Varga was a Hungarian sculptor, painter, designer and graphic artist. He was regarded as one of Hungary's most important living artists, and he has been called one of the "most skilled sculptors in Hungary."
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47. Rita Ackermann
1968-. (aged 58)
painter
draftsperson
Rita Ackermann is a Hungarian-born American artist recognized for her abstract paintings that incorporate human forms, primarily focusing on themes of anthropomorphism and femininity. Her works, often depicting women and allusions to fairy tales, explore the nuances of adolescent disinterest using a unique and expressive style of brushwork. She lives in New York City.
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48. Gyula László
1910-1998 (aged 88)
historian
artist
archaeologist
Gyula László was a Hungarian historian, archaeologist and artist.
49. Jenő Barcsay
1900-1988 (aged 88)
painter
graphic designer
graphic artist
university teacher
Jenő Barcsay was a Hungarian painter with Armenian ancestry.
50. Zsigmond Kisfaludi Strobl
1884-1975 (aged 91)
artist
sculptor
Zsigmond Kisfaludi Strobl was a Hungarian sculptor and artist. His sculptural style integrated elements of realism and academism style mainly engaged in creating portrait busts.
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51. Lajos Vajda
1908-1941 (aged 33)
photographer
painter
Lajos Vajda was a Hungarian painter and graphic artist. From 1927 to 1930 he was a student of István Csók at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts.
52. Zoltán Kemény
1907-1965 (aged 58)
visual artist
painter
sculptor
architect
Zoltán Kemény was a Hungarian sculptor.
53. László Nagy
1925-1978 (aged 53)
poet
translator
László Nagy was a Hungarian poet and translator. He started as a populist poet and in his early youth was a believer in socialist ideology. His oeuvre comprises more than 400 poems and many volumes of translations. He was also a prose writer and graphic artist.
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54. Victor Ambrus
1935-2021 (aged 86)
illustrator
visual artist
Victor Ambrus FSA FRSA was a Hungarian-born British illustrator of history, folk tales, and animal story books. He also became known from his appearances on the Channel 4 television archaeology series Time Team, on which he visualised how sites under excavation may have once looked. Ambrus was an Associate of the Royal College of Art and a Fellow of both...
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55. Vilmos Aba-Novák
1894-1941 (aged 47)
printmaker
painter
Vilmos Aba-Novák was a Hungarian painter and graphic artist. He was an original representative of modern art in his country, and specifically of its modern monumental painting. He was also the celebrated author of frescoes and church murals at Szeged and Budapest, and was officially patronized by the Hungarian nobility.
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56. György Kepes
1906-2001 (aged 95)
pedagogue
art theorist
writer
painter
designer
György Kepes was a Hungarian-born painter, photographer, designer, educator, and art theorist. After immigrating to the U.S. in 1937, he taught design at the New Bauhaus (later the School of Design, then Institute of Design, then Illinois Institute of Design or IIT) in Chicago. In 1967 he founded the Center for Advanced Visual Studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology...
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57. Alexandre Trauner
1906-1993 (aged 87)
scenographer
production designer
Alexandre Trauner was a Hungarian film production designer.
58. Joseph Csaky
1888-1971 (aged 83)
designer
draftsperson
sculptor
painter
ceramicist
Joseph Csaky was a Hungarian avant-garde artist, sculptor, and graphic artist, best known for his early participation in the Cubist movement as a sculptor. Csaky was one of the first sculptors in Paris to apply the principles of pictorial Cubism to his art. A pioneer of modern sculpture, Csaky is among the most important sculptors of the early 20th century....
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59. El Kazovsky
1948-2008 (aged 60)
performance artist
painter
artist
graphic artist
poet
El Kazovsky was a Russian-born Hungarian painter, performer, poet and costume designer who was one of the leading Hungarian painters of his time.
60. Brassaï
1899-1984 (aged 85)
painter
writer
illustrator
sculptor
photographer
Brassaï was a Hungarian–French photographer, sculptor, medalist, writer, and filmmaker who rose to international fame in France in the 20th century. He was one of the numerous Hungarian artists who flourished in Paris beginning between the world wars.
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61. Győző Szabó
1970-. (aged 56)
actor
graphic designer
singer
Győző Szabó is a Hungarian actor. He appeared in more than sixty films since 1994.
62. George Pal
1908-1980 (aged 72)
film director
manufacturer
director
producer
animator
George Pal was a Hungarian-American animator, film director and producer, principally associated with the fantasy and science-fiction genres. He became an American citizen after emigrating from Europe.
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63. Zoltán Fábri
1917-1994 (aged 77)
film director
actor
university teacher
scenographer
film screenwriter
Zoltán Fábri was a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. His films The Boys of Paul Street (1969) and Hungarians (1978) were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. His 1965 film Twenty Hours shared the Grand Prix with War and Peace at the 4th Moscow International Film Festival. His 1969 film The Toth Family was entered into...
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64. Philip de László
1869-1937 (aged 68)
painter
sculptor
Philip Alexius László de Lombos MVO RBA, known professionally as Philip de László, was an Anglo-Hungarian painter known particularly for his portraits of royal and aristocratic personages. In 1900, he married the Anglo-Irish socialite Lucy Guinness, and he became a British subject in 1914. László's patrons awarded him numerous honours and medals. He was invested with the Royal Victorian Order...
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65. Miloš Alexander Bazovský
1899-1968 (aged 69)
graphic artist
painter
Miloš Alexander Bazovský was a Slovak painter.
66. Mikuláš Galanda
1895-1938 (aged 43)
exlibrist
painter
illustrator
draftsperson
graphic artist
Mikuláš Galanda was a painter and illustrator who was one of the most important pioneers and propagators of Slovak modern art. He is buried in the National Cemetery in Martin.
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67. Mihály Munkácsy
1844-1900 (aged 56)
painter
Mihály Munkácsy was a Hungarian painter. He earned international reputation with his genre pictures and large-scale biblical paintings.