Károly Doncsecz, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Slovenian artist
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Place of Birth: Orfalu, Vas County, Hungary
About Károly Doncsecz
- Károly Doncsecz (Slovene: Karel Doncec) was a Slovene potter in Hungary and in 1984 he received the award "Master of folk art" for his work.
- Doncsecz was born in Orfalu, (Vas County). He graduated from the apprenticeship in Magyarszombatfa and Zalaegerszeg, Sümeg (Zala County), after Szentgotthárd. From 1940 on Doncsecz lived and worked in Kétvölgy, (Vas County).
- Since the 1970s, he was the only Slovene potter in Hungary.
- His potter works were presented in numerous exhibits all over Hungary and Slovenia.
- When he was still alive, travel groups from the motherland Slovenia often visited him in his kétvölgyian workshop, and Doncsecz did not only tell about his craft, but also about biographies of many Slovenes from the Rába region in his mother tongue.
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