Drinking Well

István Fáskerti: Drinking Well

(2012, St. Elizabeth's Park)

The work “Drinking Well” was created at the request of the painter Lajos Veszeli. In Almádi, walking up the railway underpass, the well is located in the center of the bicycle rest area next to the tennis courts. The work made of Croatian and local stone. The well is decorated with bicycles from the beginning of the last century. The sculptor donated the work for the city.

The artist

István Fáskerti

He was born on 25th of March, 1948 in Vérteskethely. He completed his high school studies at the Pál Török High School and then took a stone sculptor’s exam. He worked for the Arts Foundation for 16 years and then became a freelance artist. Masters, with whom he mastered the profession during years of cooperation: Tibor Borbás, Róbert Csíkszentmihályi, Sándor Rétfalvi, Pál Kő.

He moved to Balatonalmádi in 1989. His studio is currently located in Nagykovácsi.

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