The Transylvanian Art Center cordially invites you to the exhibition of the painter Véső Ágoston, at Str. Oltului, no. 2, Transylvanian Art Center, on Friday, 15 May 2021, at 18:00.

The curator of the exhibition is Péter Madaras.
The exhibition will be opened by József Gazda art historian.

The exhibition can be visited between 15 May 2021 and 19 June 2021, from Tuesday to Friday, from 10:00 to 17:00, and on Saturdays between 10:00 and 18:00.

Curriculum Vitae

I was born in Baia Mare on 31 July 1931. I attended primary and secondary school in my hometown, then I graduated from the pedagogy class of the College of Fine Arts in Cluj-Napoca, under Sándor Mohy’s guidance, in 1955. My first participation in an exhibition took place in 1953, when, as a student of sculpture, my submitted landscape was exhibited at the Regional Exhibition from Baia Mare. In 1956 I became member of the Romanian Artists’ Association; from that time until 1990 I was an art teacher. Besides painting, I was concerned about education theory, art pedagogy, whether the eternal issue of art could be taught. In my private school of painting and for 25 years in the Syndicate Culture House from Baia Mare I was guiding amateur artists and the youth preparing for architecture and fine arts university. I take photos on a regular basis so that I can record the highly inspiring landscapes, people and monuments of the region. The fact that I was born in Baia Mare decisively determines my artistic creed, because by getting to know the art of my great predecessors, I consciously assume my belonging to Baia Mare and strive to utilize its spirituality and creative methods, adapting them to the requirements of the modern age and to enrich them with the recent results in painting. To this end, as the artistic director of the Baia Mare Landscape Painting Colony, established in 1996, I strive to pass on this common cultural treasure by trying to recruit as many followers as possible from my fellow artists. Since 1956, I have regularly participated in exhibitions in the country and abroad organized by the Baia Mare Branch of the Romanian Artists’ Association, as well as in several national and international solo and group exhibitions. My artworks can be found in several public and private collections in the country and abroad.

Prizes
1997: Pro Cultura Hungarica, Budapest ● 1999: Pro Partium, Oradea ● 2000: Munkácsy Mihály Prize, Budapest ● 2000: Honorary Citizen of Baia Mare ● 2004: Diploma of Excellence ● 2007: Art Prize of the Szentendre Old Artists’ Colony Cultural Association ● 2016: Honorary Diploma of the RMDSZ [Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania] and Mayor’s Office from Baia Mare ● 2018: The Knight’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary

Solo exhibitions (selection)
1958, 1960, 1968, 1974, 1979: Art Gallery, Baia Mare ● 1982: Gyula ● 1991: Kohán György Gallery, Nyíregyháza ● 2001: Vármegye Gallery, Budapest ● 2011: The Painter Ágoston Véső’s Exhibition on the Occasion of His 80th Birthday, MissionArt Gallery, Budapest

Group exhibitions (selection)
Since 1954 he has participated in every county group exhibition ● 1963: National Exhibition of Young Artists, Bucharest ● 1974: Exhibition of Romanian Artists, Berlin ● 1977-79: Exhibition of Artists from Baia Mare, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine ● 1982: Exhibition of Artists from Baia Mare, Gyula, Hungary ● 1989: Exhibition of Artists from Baia Mare, Bucharest ● 1991: Exhibition of Artists from Baia Mare, Nyíregyháza ● 1992: 21 Artists from Baia Mare in Budapest, Budapest ● 1993: Triennial of Fine Arts, Szolnok, Hungary ● 1994: Göteborg ● 1994-1995: Exhibition of Hungarian Artists from Romania, Târgu Mureș ● 1995: Baia Mare Commemorative Exhibition, Stockholm ● 1996: Exhibition of the Barabás Miklós Guild, Cluj-Napoca ● 1996: “The Corpus in the Contemporary Art of the Carpathian Basin” Exhibition, Kaposvár, Budapest ● 2000: Millecentenary Exhibition, Budapest ● 2007: Introductory Exhibition of the Baia Mare Landscape Painting Colony, MOM Cultural Center, Budapest ● 2007: Exhibition of Hungarian Art Colonies, Művészet Malom, Szentendre

Literature
Zsolt KISHONHY: Véső Ágoston (TIPO-Top nyomda, Miskolc, 2011)
György SZÜCS: Véső Ágoston festőművész [The Painter Ágoston Véső] (Budapest, 2001)