Lujo Bezeredi (also spelled Bezeredy, hu, Bezerédi Lajos; 1898 – April 20, 1979) was a

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n- Hungarian

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and

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. He was born in

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, to a Hungarian-Slovak father and a Croatian mother. After the death of his parents, he moved to Csáktornya (present day

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), where he completed his schooling at the public school and teacher's training school. He later studied at the College of Education in

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and enrolled the Academy of Fine Arts in

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in 1922. Between 1936 and 1941 he lived in Belgrade. As a material for sculptures he mostly used

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, with engobe being his favourite

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technique along with less frequently used

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and glazing techniques. His work is characterized by social motifs from urban and rural life. In 1942 he returned to Csáktornya, where he lived with his wife until his death. Bezeredi donated his entire collection of 485 various works of art to the Međimurje County Museum in Čakovec. He is buried at the city cemetery in the same town.

External links

Biography in the Croatian Biographical Lexicon
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Bezeredi - renowned artist from Medjimurje
1898 births 1979 deaths Croatian painters Croatian sculptors People from Čakovec Hungarian sculptors Vladimir Nazor Award winners 20th-century Croatian sculptors 20th-century Hungarian sculptors 20th-century Hungarian painters Hungarians of Croatia History of Čakovec Yugoslav painters {{Croatia-painter-stub