János Kristófi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

János Kristófi

Romanian painter

Date of Birth: 15-Dec-1925

Place of Birth: Bihor County, Romania

Date of Death: 05-Jan-2014

Profession: painter

Nationality: Hungary

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About János Kristófi

  • János Kristófi (15 December 1925 – 5 January 2014) was a Romanian painter. János Kristófi was born into an ethnic Hungarian.
  • He graduated from high school in Cluj-Napoca, graduated from the Ion Andreescu Academy of Fine Arts (1954).
  • He was a teacher at the Folk Art School until his retirement in Oradea (1955–88).
  • With his wife, Judit Hoványi's first joint exhibition with a sculptor-ceramic artist (1958), he was active in the artistic life of the city.
  • His landscapes captured Oradea.
  • Prepared by Béla Bartók, composer Sándor Bihari of Nagyvárad and Nicolae Jiga, known as the patron of public education.
  • He had a "family exhibition" with his wife in Vienna and Leiden (1988), in Miskolc (1990), in Gyor, Budapest (1991).
  • and Szolnok (1995). János Kristófi, a world-famous painter living in Oradea, celebrated his 88th birthday on December 15, 2013.
  • He had been living in the city since 1954, where he taught generations for thirty years in the City of Art and then in the Folk High School.
  • He had ten children there.
  • Each of them was brought to life by the Catholic faith, and took on professions such as painting, singing, photography, playing the organ, law, engineering and medicine.
  • "He became a true painter of Oradea, the successor and contemporary of the classical castles of the castle (Móric Baráth, István Balogh, Erno Tibor, Leon Alex, Román Mottl, Gábor Miklóssy, Mihály Tompa, etc.).
  • Zoltán Banner is an art historian living in Békéscsaba.
  • [3] János Kristófi died on January 5, 2014, at the age of 88 and was buried on 8 January 2014 at 3 pm in Oradea, the Steinberger Chapel of the city Rulikowsky Cemetery. Awards, awards 2011 - Knight's Cross of the Order of the Republic of Hungary (civilian section) .

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