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Sculptor László Kutas studied drawing at the private school of Ernő Ágoston in Sopron, Hungary from 1952 to 1954 and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Budapest from 1954 to 1960. He obtained an Drawing Teacher‘s Diploma (High School Teacher’s Diploma) in 1959, and a Diploma of Sculpture in 1960.

Mr. Kutas was born on the 17^th of April 1936 in Budapest, Hungary, the son of Emil Kutas and Márta Podmaniczky. In 1960 he married Henriette Hoffman, a painter and restorer of oil paintings; they have two daughters, Ágnes and Diana.

Mr. Kutas creates medals and small sculptures, which can be seen in the Hungarian National Gallery and in different museums throughout the country, as well as abroad such as the Royal Collection of Medals in Stockholm, Sweden; Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria; Staatliche Münzensammlung, Munich, Germany; Commune de Firenze (Florence) and Centro Dantesco, Ravenna, Italy. He has held private exhibitions in Budapest (1971), Wiener Neustadt, Austria (1975), Sopron, Hungary (1976), Regensburg, Germany (1980, 1983), and Törökszentmiklós, Budapest, Hungary (1984). His public sculptures on display in Hungarian towns include Baja (1963), Törökszentmiklós (bronze, 1968), Debrecen (stone, 1968), Komló (stone, 1972), Budapest (stone, 1965, red marble 1966), Zánka (bronze, 1978), Paks (bronze, 1982) and Sopron (bronze relief, 1982). They are also to be found in Czechoslovakia and Austria. Group exhibitions have been held in Hungary, Italy, Sweden, Norway, Portugal, Czechoslovakia, Holland, Denmark, West Germany, Korea and Japan.

Mr. Kutas, member of the Hungarian Artists Association and FIDEM, has been described as an outstanding creator of medals. According to the journal, “The Medal” (September 1983), “László has some of the typical Hungarian characteristics; he adores music, for instance, and when Leonard Bernstein came to conduct Tristan in Munich, László made a special medal with Bernstein’s portrait on one side, and Tristan & Isolde with the love potion on the other. He is very generous, another Hungarian habit: he gave the medal to Bernstein, who was delighted. The likeness is astonishing, especially as László had never seen Bernstein in the flesh. This ability to capture a vivid portrait from a series of photos, is perhaps the most impressive achievement of the present medallists’ generation”. In 1974 Mr. Kutas won 1^st prize in an international medal competition, “Giorgio Vasari”, Florence, Italy; in 1976 he gained an Extra Prize” at a “Sport in Art” competition in Budapest; and in 1979, a Silver Medal at the Dante Bienniale, Ravenna, Italy.

(Quotation from the International Who’s who of Intellectuals Volume VII, page 462.)

Prizes

1974 1st Prize “Giorgio Vasari” Florence International Medal Competition

1976 Special Prize “Silver spear” competition

1979 Silver Medal Dante Biennale, Ravenna

1983 Prize “Karl Marx competition” Budapest

1994 Prize Bernath Venlo (the Nederlands)

One man shows:

1971 Theatre Madách - Budapest (H)

1975 “Galerie 9” Wiener-Neustadt (A)

1976 Sopron, Fertőd (H)

1980 Regensburg (D)

1983 Paks, Fertőd (H) Regensburg (D)

1984 Törökszentmiklós, Hajdúdorog, Budapest, Miskolc

1985 Eger, Békéscsaba, Szeged, Budapest (H); Munich, Regensburg (D)

1986 Tokyo (Japan)

1987 Yokohama (Japan); Budapest (H); Hamburg (D); Mayrhofen, Wels (A); Amsterdam (NL)

1989 Hamburg (Raum und Kunst Galerie) (D); Brussels (B)

1990 Düsseldorf (D)

1991 Sopron (H)

1992 Dunakeszi (H)

1993 Grevenbroich, Hamburg (D)

1994 Budapest (H), Amsterdam (Breughel Galerie) (NL)

1996 Venlo

1997 Sopron (H)

1997 Kutas Art Gallery, Budapest (H)

Small sculptures and medals may be seen in the different private- and public collections of the five continents:

Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

Tornyai Museum, Hódmezővásárhely, Hungary

Déri Museum, Debrecen, Hungary

Liszt Ferenc Museum, Sopron, Hungary

Collection Municipal, Wiener-Neustadt, Austria

Royal Coin Collection, Stockholm, Sweden

“Centre Dantesco”, Ravenna, Italy

“Comune di Firenze”, Florence, Italy

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Wien, Austria

States Coins Collection, Munich, Germany

I.C.C. (International Coin Corporation), New York

Yukio Manabe, Kyoto, Japan

Peter Koliner, Sidney, Australia

Nathan Engelmarin, Bogota, Columbia

The Shapveld, Middelbeerd, The Nederlands

Lady Diana and Prince Charles,Windsor Palace, London, UK

Collective exhibitions:

Since 1961 at home and abroad: Budapest, Pécs, Sopron, Szeged, Moscow, Florence, Ravenna, Lisbon, Amsterdam, Phenjan, Padova, Stockholm, London, Newcastle, Colorado Springs, Prague, Copenhagen, New York.

Prizes given by the Hungarian National Bank for designing the following coins:

1981 Bartók 500 Forint’s silver coin

1984 Kőrösi Csoma Sándor 100 Forint’s alpacca coin

1986 Mexico Football World Cup 500 Forint’s silver coin

1987 Seoul Olympic Games 500 Forint’s silver coin

1988 Football World Cup 500 Forint’s silver 100 Forint’s alpacca coin

1989 Football World Cup 500 Forint’s silver coin 100 Forint’s alpacca coin

1990 200 years of professional Hungarian Theatre 100 Forint’s alpacca coin

1990 Mathias Rex 5000 Forint’s gold coin

1991 Széchenyi István 500 Forint’s silver coin

1993 Erkel Ferenc 10.000 Forint’s gold coin

1995 Atlanta Olympic Games 1000 Forint’s silver coin

Several of his works are to be found in public places in Hungary:

Komló, Törökszentmiklós, Baja, Debrecen, Paks, Zánka, Budapest, Hévíz, Sopron, Fehérgyarmat, Pécs

Also abroad:

Lindabrunn (A), Wisne Ruzbachy (Sk)