Noémi Ferenczy
Noémi Ferenczy (18 June 1890 – 20 December 1957) was a Hungarian artist, best known for her tapestry designs. She wove her own tapestries, and was influenced by the Nagybánya artists' colony movement. She was born in Szentendre, the twin sister of sculptor Béni Ferenczy.
Also recorded as Noemi Ferenczy
Noémi Ferenczy

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- Birth Name
- Noémi Ferenczy
- Born
- 18 June 1890
- Birthplace
- Szentendre
- Died
- 20 December 1957
- Place of death
- Budapest
- Known for
- tapestry designs
- Nationality
- Hungary
- Occupation
- painter · university teacher · artist
- Fields
- tapestry
- Honours
- Kossuth Prize · Meritorius Artist of Hungary
- Languages
- Hungarian
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Noémi Ferenczy (18 June 1890 – 20 December 1957) was a Hungarian artist, best known for her tapestry designs. She wove her own tapestries, and was influenced by the Nagybánya artists' colony movement. She was born in Szentendre, the twin sister of sculptor Béni Ferenczy.
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Biography
Biography
They were the children of the artists Károly Ferenczy and Olga Fialka. The Ferenczy Museum in Szentendre was founded in order to hold artworks by the family as well as other artists. Noémi became a socialist, and this is reflected in the political themes of some of her work. She produced watercolours and sketches which were mostly turned into designs for tapestry and carpets. In addition to developing designs for Gobelin-style tapestries, Noémi Ferenczy taught the art to others, resulting in a trend for tapestry in Hungary during the 1950s and 1960s. She died in Budapest, aged 67, and is buried, along with her parents and her brother Béni, in the Kerepesi Cemetery. A portrait of Noémi and Béni at the age of eighteen, painted by their father, hangs in the Hungarian National Gallery. A Ferenczy Noemi Prize is awarded by the Hungarian Ministry of Cultural Heritage.
![Ferenczy Noémi sírja Budapesten. Kerepesi temető: 34/2-2-8 [szobrász: Lesenyei Márta].](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Ferenczy_No%C3%A9mi_s%C3%ADrja.jpg/600px-Ferenczy_No%C3%A9mi_s%C3%ADrja.jpg)
Ferenczy Noémi sírja Budapesten. Kerepesi temető: 34/2-2-8 [szobrász: Lesenyei Márta].
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Key facts
Key facts
• Birth Name — Noémi Ferenczy • Born — 18 June 1890 • Birthplace — Szentendre • Died — 20 December 1957 • Place of death — Budapest • Resting Place — Kerepesi Cemetery • Known for — tapestry designs • Father — Károly Ferenczy • Mother — Olga Fialka • Relatives — Béni Ferenczy (twin sister)
Works
Works
• "Bricklayers" • "Shingle Maker" • "Flight to Egypt" (1916) • "Harangvirágok" (1921) • "Nővérek" (1921) • "Kertésznők" (1923) • "Woman Carrying Faggots" (c.1925) • "Weaving Woman" (c.1930) • "Szövőnő" (1933) • "Kőműves, Házépítő, Pék" (1933) • "Woman Watering Flowers" (1934) • "Sisterhood" (c.1942)
Life and career
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Life and career
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1890
Noémi Ferenczy born at Szentendre.
1957
Noémi Ferenczy died at Budapest.
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Nagybánya art colony
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Szentendre.
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Budapest.
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- 1.Julia Jankovich: Noémi Ferenczy, 1986.
- 2.Story of the Artists' Colony at Nagybanya. www.hung-art.hu.
- 3.Gulyás Dorottya. Munkában elmerülő lélek. Ferenczy Noémi-kiállítás Szentendrén. HITEL irodalmi, társadalmi és művészeti folyóirat. Magyar Örökség. avril 2020.
- 4.A. Kapócsy: Ferenczy, Noémi. In: Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon, 2003, S. 246–247.
- 5.SZAZ SZEP KEP - Anna Margit: Babu. mek.oszk.hu.
- 6.Collections of the Hungarian National Gallery. Corvina Press. 1976. 978-963-13-0265-3.
- 7.Noémi Ferenczy. AWARE Women artists / Femmes artistes.
- 8.noémi ferenczy Archives. FERENCZY MUSEUM CENTER.
- 9.Képzőművészet Magyarországon - Fine Arts in Hungary. www.hung-art.hu.
- 10.Behance. www.behance.net.
- 11.Sisterhood Ferenczy, Noemi V&A Search the Collections. V and A Collections. 2020-08-08.
- 12.Ferenczy, Noémi (1890 - 1957) - famous hungarian painter, graphic. kieselbach.
- 13.Teremtés. Ferenczy Noémi művészete - Életmű-kiállítás a szentendrei Ferenczy Múzeumban. magyarmuzeumok.hu.
- 14.Ferenczy Noémi-díj, bei artportal.hu
- 15.Teremtés. FERENCZY MÚZEUMI CENTRUM. 2020-02-19.
- 16.Teremtés - Ferenczy Noémi művészete. Szentendre Város Hivatalos honlapja.
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