Magyar
Veronika Sinkó
VERONIKA SINKÓ GRAPHIC ARTIST – PAINTER Veronika Sinkó was born in Budapest, Hungary, in February 1945. She also completed her education in the capital. She will always remember the nuns …
Veronika Sinkó Read MoreMiklós Sebek
MIKLÓS SEBEK Sculptor Miklós Sebek was born in Sóskut, Hungary, in 1941. He studied architecture and sculpture in Budapest. In 1969 he left his country for Italy, where he spent 7 …
Miklós Sebek Read MoreHédi Salánki
Harpsichordist HÉDI SALÁNKI Harpsichordist HÉDI SALÁNKI was born in Szerencs, Hungary. She earned degrees and diplomas in piano performance and as a music teacher from the Liszt Academy and Bartók …
Hédi Salánki Read MoreHajnal: History of America
Rudy Hajnal The History of America In 1986, intense interest was created by the project entitled Salute to Liberty. Rudy Hajnal took part in this project and based on designs by Endre Szász …
Hajnal: History of America Read MoreRacka
RACKA The ancient Hungarian sheep, the RACKA, has long curly wool and a unique, noble head with twisted horns. Its homogeneous features and color developed over thousands of years of breeding, …
Racka Read MoreRábaköz, Transdanubia
RÁBAKÖZ, GYŐR-SOPRON COUNTY, WESTERN-TRANSDANUBIA
Rábaköz, Transdanubia Read MoreJózsef Plohn
József Plohn Photographer HUNGARIAN PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE GREAT HUNGARIAN PLAIN Photographer József Plohn recorded the people and their lifestyle of the Hódmezővásárhely area from 1882 to 1925. He was born …
József Plohn Read MoreŐrség – Burgenland
ŐRSÉG – ŐRVIDÉK, LAJTABÁNSÁG ŐRSÉG – BURGENLAND After the western region of Hungary – today called Burgenland – was annexed to Austria, Hungarians were forbidden to use their Hungarian attire. …
Őrség – Burgenland Read MoreOrmánság, Baranya County
ORMÁNSÁG, BARANYA COUNTY, SOUTH-TRANSDANUBIA
Ormánság, Baranya County Read MoreNándor Németh
NÁNDOR NÉMETH GRAPHIC ARTIST 1910-1978 “The American Hungarian Community Reflected Through Ex Libris” Graphic artist Nándor Németh was born in Újpest, Hungary in 1910. At the Academy for Applied Arts …
Nándor Németh Read MoreMihály Gyirászi, Painter
MIHÁLY GYIRÁSZI PAINTER Mihály Gyirászi was born in Szakoly, Hungary in 1918. Even as a child he was interested in drawing and painting. At the age of 16, he painted an …
Mihály Gyirászi, Painter Read MoreBéla Kása Photographer
BÉLA KÁSA Photographer Béla Kása was born in Pécs, Hungary, in 1952. He completed his education in Germany, where his family was living since 1965. He received his diploma in artistic …
Béla Kása Photographer Read MoreKalotaszeg, Western Transylvania
KALOTASZEG, Western Transylvania
Kalotaszeg, Western Transylvania Read MoreJenő Doby
JENŐ DOBY 1834-1907 Jenő Doby, copperplate engraver and painter, was born in the city of Kassa, North-Hungary (today Kosice) in 1834 and died at Portore in 1907. His father was …
Jenő Doby Read MoreIn Memoriam Béla Bartók
IN MEMORIAM BÉLA BARTÓK by Dr. Charles Géczy It was fifty years ago at a quiet West Side hospital in New York City that one of the century’s greatest musicians, Béla …
In Memoriam Béla Bartók Read MoreBrief History of Hungary
Brief History of Hungary 1100 years of statehood in the Carpathian Basin, 1000 years of Christian Kingdom, 40 years since the 1956 Freedom fight. In 1996 Hungarians were celebrating the …
Brief History of Hungary Read MoreHUNGARIAN INVENTORS I
HUNGARIAN INVENTORS I Írta és összeállította: Kerkayné Maczky Emese Angolra fordította/translated by: Bányai Bíbor Felsővályi Klára Kertész Kinga Papp Tamás Sziráki Dorottya Tála Teréz Rajzolta/Drawings by: Benkő Andrea Veronika Kiadta/Published …
HUNGARIAN INVENTORS I Read MoreHungarian Folk Attire Source
Hungarian Folk Attire Source of the pictures A képek alatti leírások előtt feltüntetett rövidítés jelzi a forrást. The abbreviations preceding the description of the pictures indicate their source according to …
Hungarian Folk Attire Source Read MoreLászló Fornwald
LÁSZLÓ FORNWALD, Composer, Pianist László Fornwald, pianist, composer, was born in Máramarossziget, Transylvania (Sighetu-Marmetiei) in 1949. He started his musical carrier at an early age by attending a Musical Elementary …
László Fornwald Read MoreFery Antal
ANTAL FERY 1908-1993 THE GREAT MASTER OF HUNGARIAN WOODCUT ART ANTAL FERY, graphic artist, was born in Szerencs, Zemplén county, Hungary in 1908 as the tenth child of the family. …
Fery Antal Read MoreEaster in Hungary
EASTER IN HUNGARY Emese Kerkay The Hungarians call Lent the Great Fast (nagyböjt). Tomorrow is Ash Wednesday, Tomorrow it won’t be as it is today, sing and lament the Hungarians. During Lent it …
Easter in Hungary Read MoreDr. Nicholas Gabriel Lippóczy (1913–2004)
By Susanna Lippóczy Rich Dr. Nicholas Gabriel Lippóczy was born on Good Friday, March 21, 1913, in Tállya, Hungary, the sixth of Norbert and Anna’s seven children. Dating back to …
Dr. Nicholas Gabriel Lippóczy (1913–2004) Read MoreBlessed Vilmos Apor
Blessed Vilmos Apor By Lőrinc Orosz The first in the Twentieth Century to be raised to the Altar, Vilmos Apor became the thirty-eighth Hungarian to be so honored and …
Blessed Vilmos Apor Read MoreBéla Albert Petry
BÉLA ALBERT PETRY 1902-1996 Béla Albert Petry, graphic artist, architect, professor of art and architecture, was born at Erzsébetfalva, Hungary, in 1902. He completed his education at the Academy of …
Béla Albert Petry Read MoreBraganca on Petry
DR. BRAGANCA ON PROFESSOR PETRY AN EXAMPLE OF ACHIEVEMENT IN THE ART OF THE BOOKPLATE (Excerpts) by Dr. José Vicente de Bragança It is not an easy task to write …
Braganca on Petry Read MoreCsángós The Forgotten Hungarians
Csángós The Forgotten Hungarians The folk culture of the Csángó-Hungarians of Moldava The Csángó-Hungarians live in Rumania, between the Eastern Carpathian-Mountains and the River Prut since the beginning of the …
Csángós The Forgotten Hungarians Read MoreFilms Scored by Rózsa
Films Scored by Rózsa (incomplete) A Song to Remember 1945 A Double Life (1947) Adams’s Rib (1950) Because Of Him (1940s) Ben Hur (1959) Bhowani Junction Brute Force (1947) Crisis …
Films Scored by Rózsa Read MoreHungarian Scouting In Exteris
Hungarian Scouting In Exteris Hungarian Scouting was founded in 1910. The Hungarian Scout Association’s work was very successful until 1948, when the com mu nists abolished the organization in Hungary. …
Hungarian Scouting In Exteris Read MoreThe Hungarian School of Passaic
The Hungarian School of Passaic A School Protecting the Hungarian Word The City of Passaic, in New Jersey is home to proud Hungarian institutions: Churches, founded over one hundred years …
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