Agnes Gallus
{{Short description|Hungarian Canadian artist (1930–2010)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Agnes Gallus
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1930|5|15}}
| birth_place = Ópályi, Kingdom of Hungary
| death_date = {{Death date|2010|8|8|1930|5|15}} (age 80 years)
| death_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| occupation = Painter
| spouse = Laszlo Aladar Gallus (married 1954–1968)
| children = 3, including Maya Gallus
}}
Agnes Szentgyörgyi Gallus (May 15, 1930 – August 8, 2010) was a Hungarian Canadian painter who emigrated to Regina, Saskatchewan in 1957.
Early life
Agnes Szentgyorgyi was born in Ópályi, Hungary on May 15, 1930. She was the fifth of sixth children born to George Victor Szentgyorgyi and Maria ({{Nee|Fedora}}). She attended a convent school as a child before studying art in Győr. In 1954, Agnes' mother arranged for her to marry Laszlo Aladar Gallus, who was 22 years older than her. Shortly after their marriage, Agnes and Laszlo had a son, Les. They fled the country during the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, while Agnes was pregnant, and went to Vienna, where she gave birth to their first daughter, Agi.{{Cite news |date=December 28, 2010 |title=Agnes (Szentgyorgyi) Gallus |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/facts-and-arguments/agnes-szentgyorgyi-gallus/article568112/ |access-date=May 9, 2025 |work=The Globe and Mail |language=en-CA}} They emigrated to Regina, Saskatchewan in 1957. They had their second daughter Maya while living in Canada. She separated from her husband in 1968, and raised her children as a single mother.
Career
In Canada, Gallus had a career as an abstract painter and sculptor. Gallus studied art at the University of Saskatchewan with artists Kenneth Lochhead and Ted Godwin, and taught art classes there between 1970 and 1977.{{Cite web |last= |title=Saskatchewan NAC Artists {{!}} Agnes Gallus |url=https://www.sknac.ca/index.php?page=ArtistDetail&id=172 |access-date=February 3, 2025 |website=Saskatchewan NAC}} She was a contemporary of The Regina Five, and participated in Emma Lake Artist's Workshops{{Cite book |last=Dillow |first=Nancy E. |url=https://e-artexte.ca/id/eprint/3158/ |title=Emma Lake Workshops, 1955–1973 |date=1973 |publisher=Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery |others=Nancy E. Dillow |location=Regina, Sask. |language=en}} between 1966 and 1972.{{Cite web |title=Agnes Gallus – 2010 – Regina Leader Post Remembering |url=https://leaderpost.remembering.ca/obituary/agnes-gallus-1065764444 |access-date=May 9, 2025 |website=Regina Leader-Post |language=en}} During that period she studied under Harold Cohen, Frank Stella, Michael Steiner and Roy Kiyooka.{{Cite book |last1=Gallery |first1=Norman Mackenzie Art |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=okpLAAAAYAAJ&q=agnes+gallus |title=Saskatchewan: Art and Artists |last2=Gallery |first2=Regina Public Library Art |date=1971 |publisher=Mackenzie, Norman, Art Gallery |pages=30 |language=en}} Her drawing, "Flowering Rhubarb" was reproduced in the book, Saskatchewan Dyes.{{cite book |last1=Waterhouse |first1=Kate |url=https://static1.squarespace.com/static/62def5e8ec20875bf3e27fe2/t/6318d41ddbfec01a27c5fe55/1662571574065/01_WATERHOUSE_SK_Dyes_1977.pdf |title=Saskatchewan Dyes: A Personal Adventure with Plants and Colours |publisher=Prince Albert Pulp Company Ltd. and Prince Albert Pulpwood Ltd |year=1977 |location=Canada |pages=27 |language=English}}
In 2003, she moved to Toronto and continued her art practice until her death on August 8, 2010. A posthumous exhibition of her art was held Artscape Wychwood Barns. Her work was exhibited at the SK Arts "Until Spring" exhibition in 2021, and "There’s an Artist" in the Garden in Regina in 2016,{{cite web |title=Art in the Windows Salon will appeal to gardeners |url=https://www.sasktoday.ca/north/in-the-community/art-in-the-windows-salon-will-appeal-to-gardeners-4093985 |website=SASKToday.ca|date=July 12, 2016 }} with fellow Saskatchewan artists Wynona Mulcaster, Mina Forsyth, Donna Kriekle, and Russell Yuristy.{{cite web |title=Until Spring Exhibition |url=https://sk-arts.ca/news-resources/latest-news/until-spring-exhibition.html?highlight=WyJhZ25lcyIsImdhbGx1cyJd |website=SK Arts 2021}}
Her art is now held in public and private collections, including the Dunlop Art Gallery, SK Arts, University of Regina President’s Art Collection,{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Campus Art Guide: Agnes Gallus |url=https://www2.uregina.ca/president/art/agnes-gallus/ |website=University of Regina}} and the MacKenzie Art Gallery.
References
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Category:Hungarian emigrants to Canada
Category:People from Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County
Category:20th-century Canadian women artists
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