title: György Kornis
text: # György Kornis
  
  György Kornis (February 26, 1927 in Miskolc – March 27, 2011 in Budapest) was a Hungarian painter. He studied in École des Beaux-Arts. His artistic style is Abstract Surrealism, influenced by Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso. From 1980 to 1990 he lived in Vienna and later in Budapest. He began his career as a stage designer at the Paris Opera.
  
  ## Career
  
  * 1946–1949 - stage designer of Paris Opera
  * 1952 - he returned to Budapest
  * From 1957 - member of the Studio for Young Artists (Fiatal Művészek Stúdiója )
  * 1988–2002 - lives and works in Vienna
  * Since 1994 - member of European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  * 1997 - received a Merit Award of Hungary (Magyar Köztársasági Érdemrend)
  * 2002 - he returned to Budapest
  
  ## Important exhibitions
  
  * 1970 Sammlung Dieter, Frankfurt
  * 1973 Collegium Hungaricum, Vienna
  * 1974 Botsom Gallery, London
  * 1976 Galerie Bernard, Paris
  * 1983 Mednyánszky Terem, Budapest
  * 1987 Miskolci Galéria
  * 1988 Galerie De Pélichy, Brussels
  * 1989 1991, 1992 Galerie Sanner, Darmstadt
  * 1989 ASL Galerie, Ghent
  * 1993 Hotel Kempinsky, Budapest
  * 1995 Árkád Galéria, Budapest
  * 1997 Embassy of Hungarian Republic, Vienna
  * 2003 Vigadó Galéria, Budapest
  * 2004 Berlin
  * 2007 Hamilton Aulich Art Galéria, Budapest
  * 2007 Ernst Múzeum, Budapest
  
  ## His artworks can be seen in the following museums
  
  * Albertina museum of Vienna
  * Fondation Jaques Brel, Brussels
  * Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest
  * Musée du Louvre, Paris
  * Modern Hungarian Gallery, Pécs
  * Museum of Christian Arts, Esztergom
  * Museum of Modern Art Passau
  * Museum Moderner Kunst, Ludwig Stiftung, Vienna
  * Menton's Modern Art Museum
  * Műterem Galéria (Buda Castle)
  * T-Art Foundation, Budapest
  