Zsigmond Kisfaludi Strobl

Kisfaludi Zsigmond Strobl ( born July 1, 1884 in Alsórajk, Hungary, † August 14, 1975 in Budapest) was a Hungarian sculptor. He is considered one of the most famous visual artists in Hungary.

Life

Strobl visited the Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts and was from 1901 to 1905 students of Mátrai Lajos and Lóránfi Antal ( 1856-1927 ). During his studies he worked in the studio of Alajos Stróbl (1856-1926) and Ede Telcs ( 1872-1948 ). He then went to the State Trade School in Vienna in order for Craft and Design in Budapest to visit after his return, the Moholy -Nagy University where he was a pupil of Béla Radnai ( 1873-1923 ).

In 1911 he created "Finale ", a work of three acts, for which he won a prize in 1912, which enabled him to study trip to Italy, France and Belgium. His former works were influenced as by Adolf von Hildebrand.

At the First World War Stróbl participated as a soldier. After the war, he created numerous busts of figures in the 1920s and 1930s, including Queen Elizabeth II, Somerset Maugham and George Bernard Shaw. Then he turned to the circumstances of his own country and created a series of monumental memorials.

Among his best known works include the Freedom Monument on the Gellérthügel in Budapest, which was built in 1947, the statue of Lajos Kossuth in the Hungarian Parliament and the Birth of Venus of 1926. In the Hungarian National Gallery is shown including his David statue.