# József Breznay

József Breznay (20 September 1916 Budapest – 18 February 2012 Budapest) was a Hungarian painter.

## Biography

1934-39: studied at the University of Fine Arts Budapest. His Masters were Bertalan Karlovszky, Ágost Benkhard, Rezső Burghardt and István Szőnyi. 1938-39: he was Szőnyi's teaching assistant.
According to the proposal of Prof. Tibor Gerevich he was appointed to receive the scholarship of the Rome Prize. He worked there as a resident of Collegium Hungaricum between 1939 and 1940. In 1940 he again received the Rome Prize. The young painter matured during these years to a painter of full-fledged style, further developing the school of painters of Nagybánya, (Baia Mare, Romania) featuring a relaxed pictorial quality.
He died on 18 February 2012 in Budapest.

## Personal exhibitions

* 1946: Fókusz Galéria, Budapest, Hungary
* 1948: Művész Galéria, Budapest, Hungary
* 1953: Fényes Adolf Terem, Budapest, Hungary
* 1954: Fényes Adolf Terem, Budapest, Hungary
* 1961: István Csók Galéria, Budapest, Hungary
* 1962: Galerie Barbizon, Paris, France
* 1963: Galerie l'Indifferent, Lyon, France
* 1964: Malkasten Kunstverein, Düsseldorf, Germany
* 1965: Kunstkabinett, Hannover, Germany
* 1966: Künstlerkreis, Marburg, Germany
* 1969: Konshallen, Uppsala, Sweden
* 1970: Kunstverein, Lingen, Germany
* 1971: Galerie Pfeiffer, Brussels, Belgium
* 1972: Galerie Oranje, Ghent, Belgium
** Galerie Goltz, München, Germany
** Palace of Arts (Budapest) Műcsarnok, Budapest, Hungary
* 1973: Galleria Antelami, Parma, Italy
* 1974: Galleria l'Ascendente, Milan, Italy
* 1975: Staatsgalerie, Würzburg, Germany
** Galerie A. Vynecke van Eyck, Ghent, Belgium
* 1977: Galleria Mariani, Parma, Italy
** Club Amici dell'Arte, Ferrara, Italy
** Kossuth Művelődési Ház, Kölesd, Hungary
* 1978: Galleria Romana, Milan, Italy
** Művelődési Központ, Csorna, Hungary
* 1979: Galleria Leonessa, Brescia, Italy
** Galleria Sant'Andrea, Parma, Italy
* 1981: Szőnyi Terem, Miskolc, Hungary
* 1982: Palace of Arts (Budapest), Műcsarnok, Budapest, Hungary
** Gallery Park, Witten, Germany
* 1983: Galleria Sant'Andrea, Parma, Italy
* 1984: Gallery Park, Witten, Germany
* 1985: Staatsgalerie, Hattingen, Germany
* 1988: Galerie am Gewölbe, Tübingen, Germany
* 1990: Galleria Sant'Andrea, Parma, Italy
* 1996: Collegium, Budapest, Hungary
* 1997: Galerie Marceau, Paris, France
* 1998: Szőnyi István Múzeum, Zebegény, Hungary
* 2000: Galleria Duomo, Milan, Italy
* 2001: Librerie Felltrinelli, Milan, Italy
** La Rotonde, Paris, France
* 2003: Galéria Melange, Budapest, Hungary
* 2006: Olof Palme Millenniumi Szalon, Budapest, Hungary

## Group exhibitions

* 1940-1941-1947: Római Magyar Akadémia, Rome, Italy
* 1943: Nemzeti Szalon, Budapest, Hungary
* 1944-50 years: Hungarian Art, Fővárosi Képtár, Budapest, Hungary
* 1946: Fókusz Galéria, Budapest, Hungary
* 1947: KEVE Kiállítás, Nemzeti Szalon, Budapest, Hungary
* 1948: 90 Artists, Nemzeti Szalon, Budapest, Hungary
* 1950-1968: I-II. Magyar Képzőművészeti Kiállítás, Budapest, Hungary
* 1955: 10 Years Art, Műcsarnok, Budapest, Hungary
** Hermann Ottó Múzeum, Miskolc, Hungary
* to begin 1955: Országos Képzőművészeti Kiállítás
* 1957: Salon Populiste, Musee Municipal d'Art Moderne, Paris, France
** Tavaszi Tárlat, Műcsarnok, Budapest, Hungary
* 1958: 50. Salon d'Automne, Paris, France
* 1960: IV. Exposition Internationale de Peinture, Vichy, France
* 1968: Gallery Guggenheim Jeune, London, England
** Folkwang Museum, Essen, Germany
* 1969: Magyar Művészet, Műcsarnok Budapest, Hungary
* 1971: XX. Painting Biennale, Firenze, Italy
* to begin 1976: Miskolci Teli Tárlat, Miskolc Galéria, Hungary
* 1978: Festészet'77, Műcsarnok, Budapest, Hungary
* 1983: House of Humour and Satire, Gabrovo, Bulgaria
* 1984: Országos Képzőművészeti Kiállítás '84, Műcsarnok, Budapest, Hungary
* 1988: Tavaszi Tárlat, Műcsarnok, Budapest, Hungary
* 1989: XIV. Salon de Peinture de Bourbonne-les-Bains: Gold Medal

## Awards, Prizes

* 1937: Rotary Club Prize, Hungary
* 1939: Gold Medal of the Hungarian College of Fine Arts, Hungary
* 1939-1941-1947: Scholarship of the Hungarian Academy of Rome, Hungary
* 1942: Nemes Marcell Prize-Szinyei Társaság, Hungary
* 1943: Wolfner Gyula Prize-Szinyei Társaság, Hungary
* 1953: Mihály Munkácsy Prize, Hungary
* to begin 1957: member of Salon des Indépendants, Paris, France
* 1958: István Csók Medal, Hungary
* 1962: Grand Prix, Deauville, France
* 1964: Bronze Medal of the European Council of Arts
* 1976: Silver Medal of Munka Érdemrend, Hungary
* 1978: First prize of Carrara dei Marmi, Italy
* 1989: Gold Medal of Bourbonne-les-Bains, France

## Public collections

* Hungarian National Gallery (Magyar Nemzeti Galéria), Budapest, Hungary
* Damjanich János Múzeum, Szolnok, Hungary
* Museum of Applied Arts (Budapest) (Iparművészeti Múzeum), Hungary
* Theatre Lingen, Lingen, Germany
* Herend Porcelain Manufactory Ltd. (Herendi Porcelángyár), Herend, Hungary
* Mobile Museum of Art, Alabama, United States

## Public works

* 1939: Mezőkovácsháza, fresco in collaboration with Eugénia Bonda.
* 1954: Komlò
* Secco, Beloiannisz Gyàr
* Berente Church, fresco in collaboration with Gabor Breznay and András Breznay