(1990, St. Elizabeth's Park)
János Váth was a writer, an enthusiastic apostole of the Balaton cult. He was born in Balatonkenese in 1887 and died in Balatonalmádi in 1962. His 10 volumes were written in his Almádi’s tusculanum and were published by Balaton Company. The sculpture is made of bronze.
Source: Történeti emlékek Veszprém megyében, 1980.
Tarczy P. (2018). Balatoni Panteon, Néző Pont Kiadó, Debrecen
He was born in Székelyhíd in 1942. He graduated from the Hungarian College of Fine Arts in 1974, where his masters were Sándor Mikus and József Somogyi. He is the holder of several awards and recognitions, including the Kossuth Prize (2019) and the Mihály Munácsy Prize (1979).
His public and mural works serve to introduce Hungarian history and the Olympic idea. In the sculptures of sports objects, strength and dynamics are expressed. In his reliefs he is excited by the alternating rhythm of planes and large, positive forms. He works with stone, iron and bronze, he processes the copper plate himself. He organizes contemporary exhibitions and holds symposia with his colleagues for foreign and domestic interested parties and students.
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