| Marton Varo | |
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Varo at work on the "Annunciation" at Ave Maria, Florida |
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| Born | Marton Varo March 15, 1943 Szekelyudvarhely, Transylvania, Hungary (now Romania) |
| Occupation | Sculptor |
| Nationality | Hungarian |
| Period | 1961–present |
| Notable work(s) | "Annunciation" at Ave Maria, Florida "Angels" at Bass Performance Hall, Ft. Worth, Texas |
Marton Varo (born March 15, 1943) is a notable Hungarian sculptor, internationally recognized for his monumental public art.
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Marton Varo was born in Székelyudvarhely, Transylvania (at the time Hungary; now Romania) and attended Ion Andreescu Institute of Arts in Cluj, Romania (1960 to 1966), studying sculpture. In 1970, he relocated to Debrecen, Hungary, where he soon completed several sculptures for public places. He was awarded the Munkácsy Prize in 1984.[1]
The recipient of a Fulbright scholarship in 1988, Varo moved to Orange County, California, where he immediately became affiliated with the University of California, Irvine. His initial years in the USA were focused on studying the relationship between architecture and sculpture. In 1990, he became the Artist in Residence in the City of Brea, California, for a public art project.[1]
Varo currently lives and works in California, spending summers working in Carrara, Italy, where his marble originates.[1]
Marton Varo primarily uses Carrara marble as the medium for his sculptures, however also works with other stones, such as Texas limestone, which was the material of choice for the "Angels" at the Bass Performance Hall in Ft. Worth, TX. He is noted for his life-size sculptures, which are figurative in nature. His sculptures often depict draped female figures, often emerging from the block of stone from which they are carved. His approach to sculpting is true to classic form, carving directly into the marble or stone, as did the masters like Michelangelo -- in fact, Varo's marble comes from the same quarry in Carrara, Italy as did Michelangelo's.
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