Gyula Donáth
Gyula Donáth (March 13, 1850 – September 27, 1909), was a Hungarian sculptor. He was born in Pest and studied in Vienna with G. From 1880 onwards he worked in Budapest. His sculptural style integrated elements of classicism and academic as well as the Art Nouveau styles.
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Gyula Donáth
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- Name
- Gyula Donáth
- Born
- 13 March 1850
- Birthplace
- Pest
- Died
- 27 September 1909
- Place of death
- Budapest
- Known for
- Sculptor
- Movement
- Art Nouveau
- Nationality
- Hungary
- Fields
- art of sculpture
- Movements
- Art Nouveau · Classicism · academic art
- Languages
- Hungarian
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Gyula Donáth (March 13, 1850 – September 27, 1909), was a Hungarian sculptor. He was born in Pest and studied in Vienna with G. From 1880 onwards he worked in Budapest. His sculptural style integrated elements of classicism and academic as well as the Art Nouveau styles.
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Much of his output as a sculptor was creating plastic art for tombs, though he also created public monuments for both the Millennium of Hungary (1898) and the Imperial Jubilee, (1908). It was Donáth who sculpted the "Statue of Werbőczi" (since then demolished). Donáth's huge bronze Turul on the railing of Buda Castle, high above the Danube, was erected in 1903. It is one of the symbols of Budapest. • The representation of women in Art Nouveau is limited to iconographical types developed from a preoccupation with relatively few themes: the mystery of life and death, the relationship between the sexes, and women as an emblem of whatever was enigmatic or mysteriously attractive. The author then goes on to include Donáth's opus Song of Lament as an example.
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Key facts
• Name — Gyula Donáth • Born — 13 March 1850 • Birthplace — Pest • Died — 27 September 1909 • Place of death — Budapest • Known for — Sculptor • Notable Works — Statue of Werbőczi • Style — Classicism • Movement — Art Nouveau
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Gyula Donáth is recorded with the occupation sculptor. Recorded as a citizen of Hungary.
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1850
Gyula Donáth was born on 1 January 1850.
1907
Turul Monument at Bánhida is dated 1907.
1909
Gyula Donáth died on 27 September 1909.
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The circumstances in which Gyula Donáth stands. Associated with academic art. Associated with Art Nouveau. Associated with Classicism.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q908890: Gyula Donáth
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