Szőnyi István biography
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| 1894 | He was born on 17th January in Újpest | |
| 1913 | Studied at the College of Fine Arts under Károly Ferenczy | |
| 1914 | Spent the summer in Nagybánya with the grant of the College Drafted for military service during World War I |
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| 1916 | His daughter, Jolán, was born | |
| 1917-18 | On pass in Nagybánya | |
| 1919 | Left the army and continued his studies under István Réti Became one of the leaders of the reformist movement during the Soviet Republic, and was compelled to leave the College after the fall of the attempt |
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| 1921 | First solo exhibition in Ernst Museum, Budapest Grand prize of Szinyei Merse Pál Society Member of Szinyei Merse Pál Society |
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| 1924 | Got married and moved to Zebegény Second solo exhibition in Ernst Museum His daughter, Zsuzsa, was born |
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| 1925 | Teacher at a private school (Downtown Free School) | |
| 1926 | His son, Peter, was born | |
| 1929 | Third solo exhibition in Ernst Museum Received a scholarship to Rome but returned after a few months |
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| 1930 | Teacher at his own free school | |
| 1933 | Small Gold Medal of the State | |
| 1937 | Invited to be a professor of the College of Fine Arts Several individual and collective shows between the two world wars |
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| 1939 | Great Gold Medal of the State | |
| 1941 | Appointed member of the Council of Grants and Scholarhips Corvin Wreath Edited the book „Studying Visual Arts”, whose chapters on drawing, painting in oil and tempera he wrote himself |
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| 1942 | Painted the fresco of the church Győr-Nádorváros, and fell seriously ill | |
| 1943 | Published his book „The Picture” | |
| 1944-45 | During the Nazi occupation and the siege of Budapest he sheltered refugees and forged documents for them with his son Representative of the National Assembly |
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| 1945 | Peter, his son, died | |
| 1947 | Bronze Order of Hungarian Liberty | |
| 1948 | Great success at the Biennial of Venice and the Hungarian exhibition in London | |
| 1949 | Silver Medal of Kossuth Prize | |
| 1952 | Artist of Merit Award | |
| 1953 | Gouache exhibition at Fényes Adolf Showroom | |
| 1954 | Retrospective exhibition in Ernst Museum Order of Labour |
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| 1956 | Janus Pannonius Award Distinguished Artist Award |
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| 1957 | Painted a panneau on the history of postal service for the Csepel Post Office Documentary film was taken about him |
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| 1958 | His health became so feeble that he had to stop teaching at the College | |
| 1960 | On 30th August he died in Zebegény | |
