Géza Maróti
Illustration — Géza Maróti's plan of Atlantis mock-up Géza Maróti (1875-1941) was a Hungarian architect, sculptor, painter, and applied artist. Maróti was from a rural merchant family and began his career as a woodcarver but later went on to complete studies in Budapest and Vienna. He settled in Zebegény before the outbreak of World War I and went on to complete numerous commissions both as an architect and a sculptor for public building projects.
Also recorded as Géza Maroti · Geza Maroti · Géza Maróti-Rintel · Géza Maroti-Rintel
Géza Maróti
Unknown author, not named in the original source · Uj Idők, 1902-02-23, 9. szám, 189. o. · Public domain
- Full name
- Rintel Géza.
- Born
- 1875. · Červený Hrádok.
- Died
- 1941. · Budapest.
- Nationality
- Hungary.
- Occupation
- architect and sculptor.
- Languages
- Hungarian.
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His work, a cultural history of Atlantis, is still unpublished. • Illustration — The eclectic building of the Liszt Ferenz Music Academy (1907) in Budapest which is adorned with Maroti's sculptures • Illustration — Sculptures on top of the dome of the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico, made in 1909.
Buildings with sculptures executed by Maróti, unless otherwise indicated. • 1904–1907. Franz Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest. • 1905. Gresham Palace, Budapest. • Lending bank, Budapest. • Trading Bank, Budapest. • 1905–1910. Pest National Savings Company, Budapest. • 1906. International Exhibition Pavilion, Milano. The original burned down, although it won Maróti a number of awards and prizes. • 1908. Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City, Mexico: dome, sculptures, mosaic work. • 1911. World Exhibition Pavilion, Turin, Italy. • 1912–1914. Maróti Villa, Zebegény, Hungary: sculptures and fountains. • 1927–1932. Detroit, United States. Various bronze and granite sculptures and decorations. • Detroit: Fisher Building, Livingstone Memorial Lighthouse, Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum, Foreman Bank Building, Hurison Motor Co. Building (likely the Hudson Motor Car Company building), Times Building, S.S. Kresge Building. • Plans for oval and university sport precinct, Lágymányos, Hungary. (Never built.) • 1938. Hero's Square with Christ sculpture, Zebegény. Unfinished due to World War II and subsequent Soviet takeover of power. • 1933–1940. More than 600-page study on the lost city of Atlantis. Finished in German and translated into English, but never published.
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Géza Maróti lived from 1875 to 1941 and is documented in the authority records of the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.
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Géza Maróti was recorded at birth as Rintel Géza. The authorities additionally record the headings Géza Maroti, Geza Maroti, Géza Maróti-Rintel, Géza Maroti-Rintel and Gʹeza Marʹoti. His recorded language was Hungarian.
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Géza Maróti was born in 1875. Géza Maróti died in 1941.
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Géza Maróti is recorded as architect and sculptor.
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1875
Géza Maróti born at Červený Hrádok.
1941
Géza Maróti died at Budapest.
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Červený Hrádok.
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Vág street 12-14, Budapest
Sculptural group of the dome
1909
William Livingstone Memorial Light
1930
Maróti, Géza, Oxford Art Online, 2003
Maróti, Géza, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011
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