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István Csók (13 February 1865, Sáregres – 1 February 1961, Budapest) was a Hungarian Impressionist painter. Although he was born in Transdanubia, his narrower homeland was not a hill country, but the flat greens of the Sárrét, the humid air of the Sárvíz and Malomvíz, and the lush green vegetation.
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István Csók (13 February 1865, Sáregres – 1 February 1961, Budapest) was a Hungarian Impressionist painter. Although he was born in Transdanubia, his narrower homeland was not a hill country, but the flat greens of the Sárrét, the humid air of the Sárvíz and Malomvíz, and the lush green vegetation.
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Life The child István Csók found an excellent environment for his daydreams weaving tales on the banks of the roaring stream, where he spent hours in the shade of the weeping willows or at the base of the rustling reeds, immersed in his storybook or daydreaming. He was a sickly, weak child, his family pampered him and condoned his little pranks. Later, in high school, he interpreted learning in a peculiar way: he was unable to deal with what he didn't feel like doing, but he didn't have to study what he liked. After seeing the warnings sent home every quarter, his father finally ran out of patience and reproachfully asked the question in his reprimanding letter: "What will become of you?" However, young Csók had already decided by this time: he would become a painter. His family was not surprised by his decision, as he had been drawing passionately since childhood. Thus, in 1882, he entered the Model Drawing School in Budapest, where he studied under the direction of Bertalan Székely, János Greguss and Károly Lotz until 1885. At that time, lively artistic activity was already taking place in the capital. Gyula Benczúr, who was called home from his…
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Grand prize of the National Hungarian Fine Arts Society for the picture 'Orphans'. 1905. Lipotváros casino prize for his picture Műteremsarok. 1910. Erzsébetváros casino prize for his picture 'Vampires'. 1911-1912. State large gold medal for the portrait of Tibor Wlassics. 1948. Kossuth Prize. 1950. Class V of the Order of Merit of the People's Republic. 1952. Title of outstanding artist. 1955. Order of Merit of the Hungarian People's Republic Foreigners:
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1889. Honorable Mention, Paris, for 'Potato peelers'. 1891. III. division gold medal in Paris Salon for the 'Lord's Supper'. 1894. Division I. gold medal in Antwerp for the 'Lord's Supper'. 1894. Vienna, state grand gold medal, for the 'Orphans'. 1897. Division I. gold medal in Munich for 'Báthori'. 1900. Gold medal in Paris for 'Báthori'. 1912. State Grand Gold Medal, Amsterdam. 1917. Grand Gold Medal, San Francisco. 1923. Officer's Cross of the Order of Lipót, Brussels
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Sources Farkas Zoltán: Csók István, Képzőművészeti Alap Kiadóvállalat, Budapest, 1957, 60-61. oldal http://www.hung-art.hu/index-hu.html Hárs Éva: Csók, Koszta, Rudnay / Az én múzeumom sorozat 14. Sorozatszerk.: Zádor Anna, Képzőművészeti Alap Kiadóvállalata, Budapest, 1966, 6-7. oldal http://www.visuart.hu/festmeny_magyar/xx/xx_archivum/eletrajz.php?azonosito=xx_csok_istvan