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词条 Victor Tolgesy
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  1. Life and work

  2. Legacy

  3. Notes

  4. More

  5. External links

Victor Tolgesy (22 August 1928 – 6 January 1980)[1] was a Hungarian-born Canadian sculptor. The Victor Tolgesy Arts Award is named in his honor.

Life and work

Tolgesy was born in Miskolc, Hungary on 22 August 1928.[1] He emigrated to Canada in 1951.[2] He died in Ottawa, Ontario, 6 January 1980.[1]

Tolgesy was made a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts[3]

In 1966, a sculpture by Tolgesy, Freedom for Hungary—Freedom for All was installed in Budapest Park in Toronto to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the Hungarian Uprising.[4]

Legacy

The Victor Tolgesy Arts Award is presented jointly by the City of Ottawa and the Council for the Arts in Ottawa to recognize residents who have contributed to the cultural life of Ottawa. The first award was presented in 1987. The award consists of cash prize and a bronze casting of Tolgesy's 1963 sculpture Seed and Flower.[5]

Notes

1. ^{{cite web|title=Victor Tolgesy|url=http://www.gallery.ca/en/see/collections/artist.php?iartistid=5466|publisher=National Gallery of Canada|accessdate=11 October 2013}}
2. ^{{cite web|title=The "Explorer" sculpture by Victor Tolgesy|url=http://expo67.ncf.ca/victor_tolgesy_explorer_p1.html|publisher=Expo 67 in Montreal (website)|accessdate=11 October 2013}}
3. ^{{cite web|title=Members since 1880|url=http://www.rca-arc.ca/en/about_members/since1880.asp|publisher=Royal Canadian Academy of Arts|accessdate=11 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110526215339/http://www.rca-arc.ca/en/about_members/since1880.asp|archive-date=26 May 2011|dead-url=yes|df=dmy-all}}
4. ^{{cite book|last=Ruprecht|first=Tony|title=Toronto's Many Faces|year=2010|publisher=Dundurn|isbn=1459718054}}
5. ^{{cite web|title=The Victor Tolgesy Arts Award|url=http://www.arts-ottawa.on.ca/awards/awards-tolgesy-en.php|publisher=Council for the Arts in Ottawa|accessdate=11 October 2013}}

More

Tolgesy, Victor. Acrobatics: A Tale of Fantasy and Reality in Words and Sculpture

(Ottawa:Edahl Productions Limited, 1985) {{ISBN|0969120532}}, 9780969120537

A 'modern fairy tale' illustrated with color photographs of the author's sculptures.

External links

  • {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311092931/http://victortolgesy.ca/ |date=March 11, 2007 |title=VictorTolgesy.ca }}
  • Victor Tolgesy on Toronto Sculpture
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5 : 1928 births|1980 deaths|Canadian sculptors|Members of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts|20th-century sculptors

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