- József Róna
József Róna (1861
Lovasberény - 1939Budapest ) was a Hungariansculptor andartist .He was apprenticed to a joiner, then worked in the
workshop of asculptor . He went toVienna on a scholarship in 1879 and spent three years in the school of Zumbusch from 1882. While inBerlin in 1895, his first large scale statue allowed him to go on a scholarship toRome . Cornered Faun was awarded with the Rökk Prize, Last Love with the Gold Prize inAntwerpen and the inParis .Róna's best known wood carving, Joseph and Putifarne, also won him the Gold Prize.
His statuettes of
biblical andmythological subjects indicated a high level of artistic skill which was needed particularly in his more diminuative sculptures.His major sculptural work was the Monument of
Prince Eugene of Savoy inBuda Castle . The equestrian statue is standing on the Danube terrace, in a prominent position, high aboveBudapest . The Neo-Baroque statue was made for the town of Zenta but the town can't afford its price. The monument was bought in 1900 by the master-builder of the Royal Castle,Alajos Hauszmann as a temporary solution until the planned equestrian statue of King Franz Joseph will be completed. This never happened so Prince Eugen remained on his plinth.Other works include the statues of Zrinyi in
Budapest , Bertalan Szemere, Kossuth inMiskolc and Klapka inKomárom (today Komárno, Slovakia).Róna was known to be a member of the Benczúr Society.Many of his works are exhibited in the
Hungarian National Gallery atBuda Palace inBudapest .Gallery of works
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