Elza Kövesházi-Kalmár | |
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Born | Vienna, Austria | 1 January 1876
Died | 3 September 1956 Budapest, Hungry | (aged 80)
Nationality | Hungarian (b. Austria) |
Known for | Sculpture |
Elza Kövesházi-Kalmár (1 January 1876 – 3 September 1956) was a Hungarian sculptor known for her Art Nouveau and Art Deco sculptures. [1]
Kövesházi-Kalmár was born on 1 January 1876 in Vienna, Austria. [1] She studied in Vienna and Munich. [2] She was a member of the Künstlerinnen group, the Hagenbund and the Hungarian artists' association Kéve. [3]
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. [1] Despite this recognition, she was unable to support herself as an artist and she turned to creating orthopedic shoes for a living. [3]
Kövesházi-Kalmár died on 3 September 1956 in Budapest. [1]
Her work was included in the 2019 exhibition City Of Women: Female artists in Vienna from 1900 to 1938 at the Österreichische Galerie Belvedere. [4]