- 1871–1902: Gusztáv Kelety, painter
- 1902–1905: Bertalan Székely, painter
- 1905–1920: Pál Szinyei Merse, painter
- 1921–1923: Károly Lyka, art historian
- 1923–1925: István Csók, painter
- 1925–1927: Oszkár Glatz, painter
- 1927–1931: István Réti, painter
- 1931–1932: Károly Andreetti, architect
- 1932–1935: István Réti, painter
- 1935–1937: Ágost Benkhard, painter
- 1937–1939: Antal Meyer, artist-craftsman
- 1939–1940: Gyula Rudnay, painter
- 1940: Dezső Pilch, painter
- 1940–1941: Ferenc Sidló, sculptor
- 1941–1943: Dezső Pilch, painter
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- 1943: László Kandó, painter
- 1943–1945: Jenő Bory, architect, sculptor
- 1945: Lajos Varga-Nándor, draughtsman, painter
- 1945–1947: László Kandó, painter
- 1947–1949: Pál Pátzay, sculptor
- 1949–1956: Sándor Bortnyik, painter, draughtsman
- 1956–1973: Endre Domanovszky, painter
- 1973–1985: József Somogyi, sculptor
- 1985–1989: István Kiss, sculptor
- 1990–1995: Lajos Sváby, painter
- 1995–2002: Árpád Szabados, painter
- 2002–2005: Ádám Farkas, sculptor
- 2005–2013: Frigyes Kőnig, painter
- 2013–2016: Tibor Somorjai-Kiss, graphic
- since 2016: Judit Csanádi, stage designer
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