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23rd October - Budapest Boy in Prison We are remembering the 1956 revolution with the photo which was presented by Professor István Bartha just a few days ago. The photo shows Nándor Wagner's paper fresco titled "Budapest Boy in Prison" which was taken in 1957. Nándor after arriving to Sweden made a series of his impressions about the Hungarian 1956 Revolution and the cruel squelch after it. His works were exhibited several times. It is signed and contains a secret message "Dec.7. 1956. - Feb.4. 1957. I shall die abounded and orphaned today". We knew about his works, but this is the first time to get to see it. If you had a photo or the actual piece would you let us know it please.
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7th October - Unveiling the statue Mother Earth The ceremony was greeted by H.E. Tetsuo Ito Ambassador of Japan. He emphasized that the statue to be unveiled will be an attraction of the Buda Castle. After the great moment Zsuzsa Vámosi-Nagy played Telemann D-major flute fantasy. Dr. Gábor Tamás Nagy mayor of I. district in his speech pointed to the hidden message of Mother Earth, talked about Gaia and sculptor Nándor Wagner. Mr. Koji Akiyama President of Wagner Nandor Foundation in Japan thanked the place and highly appreciated the excellent carving of stone sculptor István Darányi . He also expressed his special thanks to Reneszánsz Zrt., Aspectus Architect Zrt. and Market Építő Zrt. for supporting and managing the project. The master of the ceremony was Sándor Kiss our President. (Photo: László Gergely)  More
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Nándor Wagner (1922-75), invitations 5th of October - Remembering Location: PIM, Károlyi Mihály str. 16., Budapest V. 17:00 Welcoming words, Sandor Kiss 17:05 Opening speech, Koji Akiyama 17:15 Art of Nándor Wagner, Tibor Wehner 17:35 Friends remember 17:45 Private videos 18:00 Documentary film, Janos Gulyas 7th of Octber - Unveiling Ceremony Location: Ostrom street and Lovas street corner, Budapest I. 16:00 Greetings, H.E. Tetsuo Ito Ambassador 16:15 Speech, Gabor Tamas Nagy Mayor 16:25 Unveiling the statue 16:30 Thanking words, Koji Akiyama
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End of September 22nd September. In front of the Bécsi Gate in the Buda Castle a foundation work has been started and completed. The pedestal for Mother Earth was made at the corner of Ostrom street and Lovas street.
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16th of October - 15th of November Autumn Exhibition in Mashiko This time the small statues of Nándor Wagner will be on display. Pieta is shown on the poster which was created in Sweden. In order to help visitors the homepage for mobile equipment was launched. Wagner Nándor Foundation's homepage for mobile gadgets (in Japanese)
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July - Révfülöp, Hungary Herend Painters Group has been supported by our foundation since long. The master teacher and leader of the group is Tibor Kádár, a well known artist and retired art school director. This weekend the group visited picturesque Révfülöp located on at Balaton. The history of the small village goes back to the Roman times. We could meet them during their workshop activity and enjoyed the exhibition of the works created on the spot. On the photo Mrs. Chiyo Wagner and Mr. Tibor Kádár are discussing art issues. Painter Tibor Kádár
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26th of June - Üröm Mrs. Chiyo Wagner arrived to Hungary. Her first visit was paid to Reneszánsz Zrt. stonemason Ltd. where the Mother of Earth has been cut by Mr. István Darányi stone sculptor. The granite statue has been presented to I. district of Budapest and will be hopefully unveiled on 7th of October, the 90th birthday of sculptor Nándor Wagner.
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18th of May - Nagyvárad, Oradea, Romania The 7th Competition of Nándor Wagner Prize organized for art students of Partium Christian University was completed. The theme for this year's competition was Faces. 28 entries were submitted.
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May - Gellért Hill, Budapest Our Foundation has been taking care of the Garden of Philosophy since it was placed. The philosophers are paying attention to each other in the sunset. The group of statues has been visited in ever growing numbers by foreign guests and many of them are writing interesting entries to their blogs. Rio imamura's blog
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29th of April - Mashiko, Japan The outstanding event of the Spring Exhibition was the unveiling ceremony of the Corpus Hungaricum in the studio of sculptor Nándor Wagner. The statue was unveiled by László Tőkés the member of the European Parliament who was the Bishop of Nagyvárad, the hometown of Nándor Wagner. Bishop László Tőkés in Japan (Hungarian)
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Spring Exhibition in Mashiko, Japan - 15th April - 15th May The theme in focus of the Spring Exhibition at Wagner Nándor Foundation was Corpus Hungaricum. The fate of this art piece is very special. Nándor Wagner created it during the early 50-ies as a self given task instead of committing suicide. After his emigration to Sweden in 1956, the model was saved by his friends and spent 50 years in the storage of Saint Steven Museum in Székesfehérvár. It was recovered and cast in bronze. Since 1999 the National Mourning Day of Hungary is remembered at Corpus Hungaricum. Now the copy of Corpus will return to his atelier soon.
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4th of April - Sapporo The snow is melting now. The Mother Earth was uncovered.
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13 March - Reneszánsz Stonemason Ltd. Üröm, Hungary The curving of of the statue named Mother Earth progressing well. Here you can see as István Darányi stone sculptor and Tibor Wehner art critic and historian are discussing the details.
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February - a lost competition art piece has turned up We paid a visit to Ms. Zsuzsa Zilahy who posed for Nándor Wagner as a child. She told us stories about the atelier and life in the Várbazár, where more than a dozen sculptors were creating. She and her family were presented several pieces by Nándor among them was the competition piece for the relief at the entrance of Eger Castle in 1952. The plaster piece was broken, but valuable so we have restored and preserved it. Photos of the original and the preserved piece
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February A small ceramic work came to our hands in quite good condition. Nándor Wagner was commissioned in 1956 to create a statue for maternity hospital. He made several versions and one of them has turned up unexpectedly. The theme itself was one his favorite during his life, he composed schematically, figurative, realistic in standing, sitting and even in globular position. The latter became his landmark piece the Mother Earth, Boshizo furusato and Földanya as he gave different names to them.
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January - Breast feeding mother This nice little piece of ceramic was presented to Zsuzsa Zilahy, his child model those days. She was posing for several compositions.
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23rd December - Sapporo With the snowy photo of Mother Earth in Sapporo we would like to wish all our readers Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Photo: Mr. Koji Akiyama President of Wagner Nandor Foundation, which has received good number of likes on his facebook page
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