Noémi Ferenczy

Noémi Ferenczy
A portrait of the young Noémi Ferenczy by her father
Born
Noémi Ferenczy

(1890-06-18)18 June 1890
Szentendre
Died20 December 1957(1957-12-20) (aged 67)
Budapest
Resting placeKerepesi Cemetery
NationalityHungarian
Known fortapestry designs
Parents
RelativesBéni Ferenczy (twin sister)

Noémi Ferenczy (18 June 1890 – 20 December 1957) was a Hungarian artist, best known for her tapestry designs. She wove her own tapestries, and was influenced by the Nagybánya art movement.[1][2]

She was born in Szentendre, the twin sister of sculptor Béni Ferenczy. They were the children of the artists Károly Ferenczy and Olga Fialka. The Ferenczy Museum in Szentendre was founded in order to hold artworks by the family as well as other artists.[3] Noémi became a socialist, and this is reflected in the political themes of some of her work.

She produced watercolours and sketches which were mostly turned into designs for tapestry and carpets.[4] In addition to developing designs for Gobelin-style tapestries, Noémi Ferenczy taught the art to others, resulting in a trend for tapestry in Hungary during the 1950s and 1960s.[5]

She died in Budapest, aged 67, and is buried, along with her parents and her brother Béni, in the Kerepesi Cemetery. A portrait of Noémi and Béni at the age of eighteen, painted by their father, hangs in the Hungarian National Gallery. A Ferenczy Noemi Prize is awarded by the Hungarian Ministry of Cultural Heritage.[6]

Works

  • "Bricklayers"
  • "Shingle Maker"
  • "Flight to Egypt" (1916)[7]
  • "Harangvirágok" (1921)
  • "Nővérek" (1921)
  • "Kertésznők" (1923)
  • "Woman Carrying Faggots" (c.1925)[8]
  • "Weaving Woman" (c.1930)[4]
  • "Szövőnő" (1933)
  • "Kőműves, Házépítő, Pék" (1933)
  • "Woman Watering Flowers" (1934)
  • "Sisterhood" (c.1942)[9]

References

  1. ^ Terry Cox (5 March 2014). Hungary 1956: Forty Years On. Routledge. p. 126. ISBN 978-1-135-21798-3.
  2. ^ Éva Hárs; Ferenc Romváry (1981). Modern Hungarian Gallery, Pécs. Corvina Kiadó. p. 226. ISBN 9789631314014.
  3. ^ Museum. UNESCO. 1983.
  4. ^ Iván Boldizsár (1983). NHQ; the New Hungarian Quarterly. Lapkiadó Publishing House. p. 197.
  5. ^ "HUNGARY | MESSAGES | World Art Tokyo 2018". art-tokyo.jp. Retrieved 2020-06-12.
  6. ^ Tamás Kieselbach (2003). Modern Hungarian Painting: 1892-1919. Tamás Kieselbach. p. 625. ISBN 978-963-212-436-0.
  7. ^ Dezső Keresztúry; Magyar Tudományos Akadémia. Művészettörténeti Kutató Csoport (1988). A Thousand years of Hungarian masterpieces. Corvina. ISBN 978-963-13-2519-5.
  8. ^ Marcus Bourne Huish; David Croal Thomson; Albert Charles Robinson Carter (1942). The Year's Art. Macmillan and Company. p. 8.