Welcome to the website of the archive dedicated to György Kovásznai (1934-83), Hungarian visual artist, writer, painter, animated film director.

Kovásznai by now a legend, was one of the most creative artists of the “socialist” times in Hungary, he is mostly acknowledged as the painter who made it in the animation film industry, though less is known publicly of his achievements as autonomous painter and writer. Serious efforts are made now to make his unique oeuvre visible for a wider audience.

This website is run by the Kovásznai Research Workshop, which embraces the whole oeuvre of the artist. This archive offers researchers the chance to learn more of Kovásznai’s artwork.

Here is what you can find on our website, sorry that the menu above is not in English.

• You can find a varied selection of his paintings and drawings in folders named by the decades, in which they were created.Please click on each folder to see more images.  You can watch a few animation film (out of the 26 he made), which will give you an insight of the beginning of his carreer in the 1960s. Other details of his films can be seen on the DVD menu you can click on once you selected the film menu.
  You can read an introduction to Kovásznai’s life-work by Brigitta Iványi-Bitter
  You can find Kovásznai’s full filmography here.
  You can read excerpts from Kovásznai’s writings here
  If you wish to learn more of the artist, yet not speak or read Hungarian we offer you an introduction to the artist’s oeuvre by the art historian and curator of the archive, Brigitta Iványi-Bitter.
  If you wish to pay a visit to the Kovásznai Research Workshop please set up an appointment:info@kovasznaigyorgy.hu
  mobile: +36 30 3190 963

The Kovásznai Research Workshop is a private archive, located in Szentendre.