László Drégely (1932-1990)
He was born in 1932 in Pécs (Hungary). He completed his grammar school studies in his native town. There he began to paint in his youth and also became interested in theatrical stage design. Once he had finished school, he became a student in the Budapest Academy of Applied Art where he studied stage design from 1951 to 1953. After that, the painters Endre Bálint and Jeno Gadányi were his masters.
Besides painting he also designs for several Budapest theatres and for films, and he has been stage designer for Hungarian Television since 1958. In 1972 he was awarded first prize of the Béla Balázs art award as stage designer. In 1977 he was awarded the prize of "Merited Artist of the Hungarian People's Republic".
In 1957 he exhibited his paintings for the first time at the National Exhibition, and his first independent exhibition took place in 1962. His works are to be found in private collections and museums in Hungary and abroad: Canada, Netherlands, Germany, France, USA, Austria, Poland, Italy, United Kingdom, Switzerland.
Individual exhibitions:
1962 Derkovits Showroom, Budapest
1967 Csók Gallery, Budapest
1968 Galerie L'Orangerie, La Mothe, France
Chateau Larcher, Vienne, France
Académie de Poitiers, France
Galerie Royan, France
Art Gallery, Szeged, Hungary
Víg Theatre, Budapest
1969 Galerie Siau, Amsterdam
Derkovits Showroom, Budapest
1970 Showroom of the People's Front, Budapest
1971 Galerie de Saxe, Paris
Galerie Eve, La Rochelle, France
Galerie Siau, Amsterdam
1972 1st May Movie, Budapest
Galerie RWAG, Dortmund, Germany
Hellweg Museum, Unna, Germany
1973 Uitz Showroom, Dunaújváros, Hungary
Charlottenburg, Copenhagen
Galerie Siau, Amsterdam
Alfermann Galerie, Solingen, Germany
1974 Torhaus, Dortmund, Germany
Charlottenburg, Copenhagen
Hellweg Museum, Unna, Germany
Helikon Gallery, Budapest
Kunstforening, Riso, Denmark
1975 Gallery Noth, Montreal, Canada
1976 Fészek Club, Budapest
1977 Cultural Centre, Dunaújváros, Hungary
Rátkai Club, Budapest
Kuny Domokos Museum, Tata, Hungary
1978 Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest
Art Gallery, Venice
Municipal Exhibition Hall, Kazincbarcika, Hungary
Cultural Centre, Csákvár, Hungary
Foldes Gallery, Baie d'Urfé, Canada
Mednyánszky Showroom, Budapest
1979 Hungarian Institute, Prague
Showroom in the Institute of Cultural Relations, Budapest
House of Hungarian Culture, Wroczlaw, Poland
Hungarian Institute, Warsaw
Cultural Centre, Kiskunhalas, Hungary
1980 Thomson Gallery, Mississanga, Canada
József Attila Theatre, Budapest
1981 Stadthalle, Schwalbach, Germany
Stadthalle, Bad Homburg, Germany
1982 Uitz Showroom, Dunaújváros, Hungary
1984 Miskolc Gallery, Miskolc, Hungary
1986 István Király Museum, Székesfehérvár, Hungary
1992 Cultural Centre, Pécs, Hungary
1993 Cultural House, Nagykanizsa, Hungary
1997 HUNGALU, Székesfehérvár
1998 Vármegye Gallery, Budapest
2001 Vigadó Gallery, Budapest
2002 BÁV RT., Kortárs Galéria, Budapest
2003 Körmendi Galéria, Sopron
2004 Lincoln Galéria, Budapest
2007 Haas Galéria, Budapest
2010 Vasváry Ház, Pécs (Európa Kultúrális Fővárosa 2010)