Frank Kovacs
Died 31 August 1965
Active: 1938 - 1962
Country of birth and death: Hungary
Sculptor, medallist
Frank Kovacs was of Hungarian parentage. He moved to Canada from Hungary and became a Canadian citizen. Frank trained in the USA as a minister to assist his older brother, Charles, establish a congregation of the Reformed (Calvinist) Church of Hungary in Brantford, Canada. After the death of his brother, Frank moved to the UK and exhibited in London and Paris. He suffered from poor health and died of cancer in 1965. (see brantford.library.on.ca/genealogy/pdfs/historyofourshungarian.pdf, accessed 21 June 2010)
Locations
Address 48 Robson Avenue London NW10 England | View on map
1938 (Circa)
Address 4 Avery Row Grosvenor Street London England | View on map
1944 (Circa) - 1948 (Circa)
His address was 23 Wellington Road, Hatch End, Middlesex (1955-6) and then 80 Whittington Way, Pinner, Middlesex (1960-2)
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1938 - 1962
Exhibited 9 times (5 times before 1951), one or two works per year.
Citing this record
'Frank Kovacs', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=ann_1277135954, accessed 28 Sep 2023]
