Zoltán Kemény
Zoltán Kemény (21 March 1907 – 14 June 1965) was a Hungarian sculptor.
Also recorded as Zoltan Kemeny · Zoltan Chemeny
Zoltán Kemény
University of St. Gallen · Universitätsarchiv St.Gallen | HSGH 022/002429/02 | CC-BY-SA 4.0 · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Name
- Zoltán Kemény
- Born
- 21 March 1907
- Birthplace
- Bănița, Austria-Hungary (now Romania)
- Died
- 14 June 1965
- Place of death
- Zürich, Switzerland
- Known for
- Sculpture
- Nationality
- Hungary and Switzerland.
- Occupation
- sculptor, architect, painter, visual artist, joiner and artist.
VALÉORINE Encyclopedia
VALÉORINE documentary reading
Documentary summary
Zoltán Kemény (21 March 1907 – 14 June 1965) was a Hungarian sculptor.
Admitted source layer · organised and presented by VALÉORINE
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Zoltán Kemény. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
World of VALÉORINE
Documentary connections
Only confirmed graph relationships appear here. Images are shown only when their identity and reuse rights both pass the documentary gate.
Documentary evidence
Documentary basis
Authority files
wikidata · Q218951 · wikipedia · Zoltán Kemény
In this article
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Zoltán Kemény • Born — 21 March 1907 • Birthplace — Bănița, Austria-Hungary (now Romania) • Died — 14 June 1965 • Place of death — Zürich, Switzerland • Known for — Sculpture
Biography
Biography
• Illustration — Mauer Nr. 3 von Zoltan Kemeny, 1963–1965 Kemény was born in Bănița, Austria-Hungary (present-day Romania). He was the only Hungarian to win a prize at the Venice Biennale. He died in Zürich, Switzerland, aged 58.
Identity
Identity
Zoltán Kemény is recorded with the occupation visual artist. Recorded as sculptor, architect, painter and visual artist.
Zoltan Kemeny bei der Installation des Messingreliefs im ehemaligen Intitutsgebäude der HSG
University of St. Gallen · Universitätsarchiv St.Gallen | HSGH 022/002429/03 | CC-BY-SA 4.0
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
The full dated record · 2 entries
1907
Zoltán Kemény was born on 21 March 1907.
1965
Zoltán Kemény died on 14 June 1965.
Places
Named by the record
Places
Only places the record itself states, plotted where the house gazetteer settles their coordinates. Nothing is inferred from a name or a nationality.
Zoltán Kemény was born at Bănița.
Birthplace
Zoltán Kemény died at Zurich.
Deathplace
Primary material
Documents and archives
Institutional database
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q218951: Zoltán Kemény
Scholarly · Wikimedia Foundation
reference work
- “Zoltán Kemény”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
Cited by Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Zoltán Kemény and Madeleine Kemény-Szemere. Dual Horizon. Works in the Collection of International Art after 1800. Hungarian National Gallery.
- 2.Zoltan Kemeny : Galerie Paul Facchetti, Paris, [exposition du 20 novembre 1959] WorldCat.org. search.worldcat.org.
- 3.Zoltan & Madeleine Kemeny 1943-1956 - vergeten kunstenaarspaar van Cobra. Reis-boek.nl.
- 4.Zoltan Kemeny: Deckenskulptur "Wolken". Stadt Frankfurt am Main, geraadpleegd op 2026-02-05.
- 5.Kunst – Zukunft Städtische Bühnen Frankfurt. 2023-12-15.
- 6.Kunstwerke Städtische Bühnen Frankfurt am Main. www.buehnen-frankfurt.de.
- 7.Deckenskulptur im Frankfurter Theaterfoyer von Zoltán Kemény von Amt für Wissenschaft, Kunst und Volksbildung, Frankfurt am Main, 1963
- 8.Kosmische Elemente in musischer Ordnung – Zukunft Städtische Bühnen Frankfurt. 2020-05-02.
- 9.Planung des Neubaus der Frankfurter Doppelanlage für Oper und Schauspiel wird vom Landesamt für Denkmalpflege begleitet. Landesamt für Denkmalpflege Hessen. 2020-05-20.
- 10.Wayback Machine. www.centrepompidou.fr.
- 11.Rolf Lauter, Zoltan Kemeny - Zoekresultaten. search.worldcat.org.
- 12.Zoltan Kemeny : die Werke im Kunstmuseum Winterthur : [Ausstellung, "Hommage à Kemeny", Kunstmuseum Winterthur, 23. Juni - 5. September 1993] WorldCat.org. search.worldcat.org.
References
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
Institutional database
Wikidata, structured authority record Q218951: Zoltán KeményWikimedia Foundation
Institutional witnessreference work
Secondary witness
Further particulars
Held on the record
Further particulars
Open the remaining particulars
Identity and origins. The authorities additionally record the headings Zoltan Kemeny and Zoltan Chemeny. His recorded language was Hungarian. His recorded confession was reformed.
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 14 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Sculpture
6,174 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Zofia Baltarowicz-DzielińskaArtist
- Zofia BanieckaArtist
- Zofia KulikArtist
- Zofia Szymanowska-LenartowiczArtist
- Zoya CherkasskyArtist
- Zsigmond Kisfaludi StroblArtist
- Zubeida AghaArtist
- Zühtü MüridoğluArtist
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own a work by Zoltán Kemény?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.