László Paizs

painter, sculptor

Szentpéterúr, 26 December 1935 – Budapest, 1 October 2009

Posthumous associate member of the Hungarian Academy of Arts

Walking through the third floor of the Hungarian National Gallery, one comes across a peculiar installation: inside a transparent plexiglass prism lies a rolled-up issue of the

Kossuth Prize

The highest Hungarian state decoration for the cultivation and preservation of Hungarian culture.

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1988

governmental award

Meritorious Artist of the Hungarian People’s Republic

State award for artists who have created outstanding artistic values over a prolonged period in Hungarian national culture and artistic fields (theatre, music, dance, circus, film, visual, photography, applied arts), and who already hold an artistic award granted by the minister responsible for culture. The recipient is entitled to the title “Meritorious Artist of Hungary” (short: “Meritorious Artist”).

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1980

governmental award

Munkácsy Mihály Award

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

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