Péter Pierre Székely
b. 11 June 1923 in Budapest (H), d. 3 April 2001 in Paris (F); Franco-Hungarian sculptor
| from 1941 | Sculpture under the tutelage of Hanna Dallos |
| 1944 | Labour camp, escape to Budapest |
| Moved to France with the artist Vera Harsány | |
| 1955 | First exhibition in Paris |
| 1955-1966 | Lived in Marcoussis, France |
| Late 1960s | Worked in the granite quarries of Brittany |
| from 1980 | Regularly visited Perros-Guirec, Brittany, where he worked as a sculptor on works in granite |
| Taught the philosophy of art at the universities of Kanazawa (Japan), Hong Kong (China), New York and Detroit (USA) and Thessaloniki and Athens (Greece) | |
| Appointed honorary doctor by the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague, Netherlands, and nominated for the Ordre national du Mérite; recognition by the government of Hungary and the administration in Baranya, Hungary |
Many works by Székely are in museums and exhibitions, chiefly in France and Japan. Several of his sculptures are on display in the sculpture park in Pécs near Museum Székely.
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