Bela Petheo

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Bela Petheo


Born
in Budapest, Hungary
May 14, 1934

Died
May 03, 2017

Genre
Art


Bela Petheo was born in Budapest, Hungary (May 14, 1934), where he graduated from Rakoczi Ferenc Gimnazium and from ELTE University of Budapest with a Master’s Degree in Art History. He worked for a Ph.D. under Andrew Pigler in the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest while taking private lessons from the well-known Hungarian painter, Pal Molnar-C. After the defeat of the Hungarian Revolution in 1956, he escaped to Vienna, Austria where he continued his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna.

In 1959, he immigrated to the United States. Shortly thereafter, he was a graduate student at the University of Chicago, a part-time illustrator and an artist. He graduated from the University of Chicago with his MFA. In 1964, he was appointed as an i
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The Rise of the West: A His...

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