Jolán Humenyánszky

Jolán Humenyánszky (17 February 1942 – 6 February 2021) was a Hungarian sculptor.

Jolán Humenyánszky
Jolán Humenyánszky with her spouse István Szilágyi
Born	(1942-02-17)17 February 1942 Ózd
Died	6 February 2021(2021-02-06) (aged 78)
Alma mater	Hungarian University of Fine Arts

Biography

Humenyánszky was born in Ózd. Between 1961 and 1966 she studied at the Hungarian University of Fine Arts, where her teachers were Szabó Iván and Mikus Sándor. Her works are mainly realistic portraits and small sculptures. She was diagnosed with lung cancer in autumn 2020 and died in February 2021, aged 78.

She had a son. Her husband, István Szilágyi, was an actor until his death in 2020. She died eleven days short of her 79th birthday.

Awards

1971: Nívódíj.

Solo exhibitions

• 1984, 1992 • Budapest, XVII. District House of Culture, Budapest

Works

• Ady Endre (bust, 1970, Ózd)
• Semmelweis (bust, 1971, Kiskunhalas)
• Juhász Gyula (stone bust, 1980, Makó)
• Lantos nő (1980, Bácsalmás)
• Balásházy János (memorial plaque, 1983, Budapest, FM arcade)
• Cserháti Sándor (bronze bust, 1989, Budapest, FM arcade)
• Anker Alfonz (bronze bust, 1984, Kaposvár)
• Volni József (bronze plaque, 1989, Borsodnádasd)
• Macskássy Árpád (bronze memorial plaque, 1994, Budapest XI. District)

External links

• Artportal Archived 22 March 2017 at the Wayback Machine