Elza Kalmár Kövesházi
Elza Kövesházi-Kalmár (1 January 1876 – 3 September 1956) was a Hungarian sculptor known for her Art Nouveau and Art Deco sculptures.
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Elza Kalmár Kövesházi
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- Name
- Elza Kövesházi-Kalmár
- Born
- 1876
- Birthplace
- Vienna, Austria
- Died
- 3 September 1956
- Place of death
- Budapest, Hungry
- Field
- Sculpture
- Nationality
- Hungary.
- Languages
- Hungarian.
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Elza Kövesházi-Kalmár (1 January 1876 – 3 September 1956) was a Hungarian sculptor known for her Art Nouveau and Art Deco sculptures.
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• Name — Elza Kövesházi-Kalmár • Born — 1876 • Birthplace — Vienna, Austria • Died — 3 September 1956 • Place of death — Budapest, Hungry • Field — Sculpture
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Kövesházi-Kalmár was born on 1 January 1876 in Vienna, Austria. She studied in Vienna and Munich. She was a member of the Künstlerinnen group, the Hagenbund and the Hungarian artists' association Kéve. Among her awards she was the recipient of a silver medal at the 1926 World's Fair in Philadelphia and a silver and bronze at the 1937 Paris World's Fair. Despite this recognition, she was unable to support herself as an artist and she turned to creating orthopedic shoes for a living. Kövesházi-Kalmár died on 3 September 1956 in Budapest.
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Her work was included in the 2019 exhibition City Of Women: Female artists in Vienna from 1900 to 1938 at the Österreichische Galerie Belvedere.
Elsa von Kalmár (1876–1956), Austrian sculptor, painter, lithographer and craftsman in her studio.
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Elsa von Kalmár (1876–1956), Austrian sculptor, painter, lithographer and craftsman.
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