Lili Árkayné Sztehló

Lili Árkayné Sztehló (1897 - 1959, in Budapest) was a Hungarian painter and artist best known for her stained glass window paintings in cathedrals throughout Hungary .

Biography

She graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts studying under János Vaszary in 1923, later making scholarly trips to Rome and Paris. Initially, she was successful with her oil paintings but in by her late 20s she had become productive mainly in the field of ceramics and glass painting. Her major works include the glass windows of the City Hall of Mohács commemorating the Battle of Mohács (1927), the painted glass windows of the Városmajor Church in Budapest (1932) and of the Gyárváros Church in Győr(1929), and the glass windows of the inner city church of Pécs (1943) etc.

Árkayné Sztehló participated in a number of national and foreign applied arts exhibitions, including Monza in 1930, Rome in 1934 and Paris in 1937, winning golden medals and the Grand Prix.

She died in 1959.

External links and sources

* [http://www.hung-art.hu/frames-e.html?/english/a/arkayne/index.html Fine Arts in Hungary]