Nándor Balaskó

Romanian sculptor
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroRomanian sculptor
PlacesHoly Roman Empire
wasSculptor
Work fieldArts
Gender
Male
Birth30 August 1918, Sălacea, Sălacea, Bihor County, Romania
Death28 June 1996Tauberbischofsheim, Main-Tauber, Stuttgart Government Region, Baden-Württemberg (aged 77 years)
The details

Biography

Nándor Balaskó (August 30, 1918 – June 28, 1996) was a sculptor from Romania.

Balaskó graduated from Silvania National College in 1937. He studied at the Bucharest National University of Arts (1937–40) and the Hungarian University of Fine Arts (1940–43). Then he worked with Ion Andreescu Institute of Fine and Decorative Art in Cluj Napoca. In 1958 he took part in the International Auschwitz-contest. In 1970, Balaskó emigrated to Sintra, Portugal.

Exhibitions

Solo Exhibitions

  • 1968 • Little Gallery of Fine Arts, Cluj-Napoca
  • 1990 • Lisbon

Selected group exhibitions

  • 1940, Bucharest, student festival
  • 1941, 1942, 1943, Budapest
  • 1943, Cluj-Napoca.

Works in public places

  • Monument to Endre Ady, Zalău (1957).

    Honours

    • In Sălacea there is the Balaskó Nándor primary and secondary school and a kindergarten.
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