Studies:
Liberalschools of Budapest (Bortnyik, Gallé, Örkényi Strasser)
Paris: Ecole Technique Superierur Art et Publicite, 1937
1947-49: Teacher of the University of Applied Arts
1949-74: until his retirement teacher of the University of Fine Arts
Mural Works:
Sgraffito: Budapest, Seregélyes
Mosaic: Budapest, Komló, Székesfehérvár, Debrecen, Kecskemét, Ózd, Komárom
Woodenmarquetry: Nagykanizsa, Szentendre
Panno: Szeged
Aluminium Panno: In the World’s Fair in Brussels with his wife, Maria Túry
Gobelin: Wienna, Budapest (Hungarian National Gallery), San Francisco
Individual Exhibitions:
Budapest: 1946, 1947, 1954, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1972 („Arts of Interiors”, Art Gallery), 1972 (Exhibition organized together with Maria Túry in the Intercontinental) 1982 (United Filament, Graphic exhibition), 1986 („Organic Forms”, Vigadó Gallery), 1997 (Budapest Congrss Centre), 2001 (Vigadó Gallery, Blue School Gallery), 2002 (Szinyei Saloon), 2003 (Volvo Saloon), 2004 (Atrium Hotel Gallery)
Szeged, 1954
Szombathely, 1976
Róma, 1964
Hajdúböszörmény, 1982
Winston Churchill Memorial, Fulton, Missouri, 1989
Birmingham Southern College, 1990
Center for Arts and Religion, Wachington D. C., 1990
Philadelphia, Free Library, 1990
Keane College of New Yersey, 1990
Muscarelle Museum of Art, Williamsburg, 1991
University Gallery, Sewanee, 1991
University Gallery, Tenessee, 1991
University of Kentucky Art Museum, 1992
University of Georgia in Athens, 1994
United States Capitol, Washington D.C.
Körmendi Gallery, Sopron, 2001
Works in Public Collections:
His works can be found in Hungarian and foreign Mueums and private collections.
Hungarian National Gallery
Vanderbilt University, Tenessee
Yad Vashem, Jerusalem
Tregor Ignác Múzeum, Vác
Oktatási és Kulturális Minisztérium, Budapest
Participant of the most important Hungarian exhibitions.
In the following countries he participated in group exhibitions:
Algeria, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Checkoslowakia, Egypt, Finnland, France, India, Iraq, Japan, China, Corea, Kuwait, Mongolia, German Democratic Republic, German Federal Republic, Italy, Romania, Soviet Union, Tunezia, USA, Vietnam.
Prizes, Badges of Honour:
1948: Hungarian Art Conciliation I. Prize
1948: Applied Art Society I. Prize
1949: VIT Honorary Diploma
1952: Kossuth Prize
1953: Ministry of Public Education I. Prize
1956: Munkácsy Prize
1958: Exposition Universelle et Internationale de Bruxelles
1958: Diplome D’Honneur, shared with Maria Túry
1972: Appriciated Artist of the Hungarian People’s Republic
1976: Excellent Artist of the Hungarian People’s Republic
1983: „For the Public Education” Prize
In 1955, 1972 and 1982 he got a professional ministerial approval medal for his art pedagogical activity.