WHO 'S WHO IN ITALY |
OLAH Eva, (Prof.), sculptor |
born Szolnok (Hungary), Jan. 30, 1943 marr.: Giacomo Arrè a.: Via dei Piatti 9, I-20123 Milano tel.: (+39) 0286451207 educ.: artistic high school, Budapest; degree in history of art, sculpture and architecture, Academy of Fine Arts, Budapest; specialization course in sculpture, Vienna Academy of Fine Arts car.: 1969, scholarship student Società Internazionale "Dante Alighieri", Rome, and created the society's bronze medal portraying Dante; 1972, moved to Milan and has since taught at an artistic high school; 1977, created a small crucifix in nickel silver, acquired by the Vatican and exhibited in the Papal Library, then a bigger version (180cm, bronze), requested by H.H. Pope Paul VI and inaugurated in 1979 in the Nerviniana Hall of the Papal Palace in the presence of H.H. Pope John Paul II; 1982, bronze monument in memory of Aldo Moro, commissioned by the Municipality of Arconate/Milan and inaugurated in the presence of the then Minister of Home Affairs, Virginio Rognoni; 1985, medal portraying S.E. Card. Silvio Oddi for the State Mint, Rome; 1988, relief portrait of Lord Plumb (pres. of the European Parliament); 1988, bronze bust of the late Sen. J.D. Calandra; 1993-94, 4m anticorodal "Monument to the Blood Donor", AVIS, Milan; 1995-98, monument to Blessed Card. Schuster, Milan Cathedral; her exhibitions include: Lugano (1975); La Nuova Sfera gallery, Milan (1977); Zurich and Lucerne, and Pozzi-Ginori collective (1978); Paris, Budapest, Monza/Milan and Citybank, Turin (1981); individual, sculptures and graphic works, European Parliament Building, Strasbourg (1987); individual, statues and drawings, during "Italian Culture Month", City Univ. of New York (1988); important cultural event organized jointly by the Italian Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Cultural Affairs and the Environment, Municipality of Milan, Italian Consulate-General, New York, Istituto Italiano di Cultura, New York, and John D. Calandra Italian American Institute of the City Univ. of New York (1988); collective at Cristoforo Colombo Exhibit, New York (1992); bronze medals at FIDEM XXIV International Exhibition of Medals, Budapest (1994); her works on permanent display include: bronze statue, Villa Ciani Civic Museum, Lugano; "Araba Fenice", Cimitero Monumentale, Milan; Damjanich Museum, Szolnok; Tornyai Museum and Bethlen High School, Hódmezövàsàrhely (Hungary); Christian Museum, Esztergom (Hungary); World Association of Hungarians, Budapest; Romanazzi Collection, Bari; Municipality of Turi/Bari; Corti Collection, Varese; Köhler Collection, Lucerne; Municipal Library, Cremeno/Como; Papal Library, Vatican; Sacra Congregatio Pro Clericis, Vatican; HQ of Banca Popolare di Milano, Milan; John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, City Univ. of New York; Formentano Park, Milan publs.: "The way a monument arises", Mondadori (1995) aw.: Ambrogino d'Oro, from the Municipality of Milan; Medals from H.H. Pope Paul VI and from H.H. Pope John Paul II; prize from the President of the Hungarian Republic mem.: honorary mem. John D. Calandra Italian American Institute of the City University of New York recr.: music. |