Sándor RÉTFALVI
1941, Aknaszlatina, UA– 2021, Pécs
Munkácsy Award-winning sculptor
He graduated from the sculpture department of the Hungarian College of Fine Arts and later studied under Amerigo Tot on a scholarship in Rome. He was the artistic director of the Secondary School of Arts in Pécs between 1968 and 1974. He co-founded and organised the international sculpture workshop in Villány in 1967. From 1982, he led the drawing and then the sculpture department at the University of Pécs, where he was awarded the title of professor emeritus in 2011. He was a founding member of the Master School of Fine Arts in Pécs. He was bestowed the title Meritorious Artist of Hungary in 1998 and was elected honorary citizen of Pécs in 2019.