Katalin Keserü

art writer, art historian

Pécs, 4 October 1946

Full member of the Hungarian Academy of Arts (2011–)

Within Katalin Keserü’s career, three fundamentally significant areas can be distinguished. As a university lecturer, she spent over four decades teaching at Hungarian and foreign universities, educating multiple generations of art historians. As a researcher, she examined nearly every period of the past century and a half, from historicism to contemporary art.

Széchenyi Prize

Hungarian state award, successor to the State Prize of the Hungarian People’’s Republic, recognizing outstanding representatives of the scientific community. Classes: grand prize and prize.

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1999

governmental award

Officer’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary

One of the four highest Hungarian state awards is the Hungarian Order of Merit, which is granted in various grades to individuals who perform exemplary activities in culture, science, art, or their own field, in order to advance Hungary’’s interests and promote universal human values.

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1992

governmental award

Ferenczy Noémi Award

A state decoration awarded in recognition of outstanding achievements in applied arts and industrial design.

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1990

governmental award

Munkácsy Mihály Award

Hungarian state award granted in recognition of outstanding achievements in visual arts.

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