Yes, we can rightly classify them in the circle of prestigious dynasty phrases. Because although this expression is originally used in reference to ruling families, if interpreted as a synonym for family, the genus, the three actually form a dynasty, namely an artist dynasty: István Gádor (1891-1984) is a Hungarian ceramicist, twice awarded the Kossuth Prize, an excellent and worthy artist, his daughter Magda Gádor (1924-2022), Munkácsy Prize-winning sculptor, son-in-law Sándor Nagy (1923-2017), Munkácsy Prize-winning sculptor.

 

"Modern Hungarian ceramics begins with István Gádor".

He was a member of the ceramics workshop of the Wiener Werkstätte. In 1925 he was able to take part in the Monza arts and crafts exhibition, where he received a certificate of recognition. Since then he has regularly participated in almost all major Hungarian and international exhibitions. Between 1929 and 1939 he had exhibitions in Barcelona, Monza, Milan, Brussels and Paris. At the 1935 Brussels World's Fair and the 1937 Paris World's Fair his collection was awarded a gold medal. At the International Triennial in Milan he was awarded a silver medal in 1933 and a gold medal in 1936. He represented Hungary at the New York and Brussels World's Fair (1958) and at several international ceramics exhibitions: Prague (1962), Gmunden and Ostend (1959), London Royal Festival Hall (1963), Krakow (1965), Middelheim Biennale. (1967), twice at the Venice Biennale, in 1924 and in 1962. In 1954 he had an exhibition at the National Salon. In 1955 he received the Kossuth Prize. He was strongly influenced by Picasso, with whom he also had personal contact. From 1973 he established an active collaboration with the Zsolnay Porcelain Factory in Pécs, where he was able to produce large-format ceramic sculptures.

"Even our artificial environment, our material world, must be aesthetic; for our ultimate goal is that beauty reigns everywhere in our lives," summarized the master's Ars Poetics shortly before his death.