Ferenc Doór (14 June 1918 – 10 July 2015) was a Hungarian painter and graphic artist, "The lover of the Danube and Szentendre".
Life
He was born in Petrilla, Transylvania on June 14, 1918. Between 1938 and 1941 he studied on the Hungarian University of Fine Arts in Budapest under the István Szőnyi's hands. After the World War II he suffered a captivity of war in Siberia for three years. After his release terminated his study in 1949, as instructor (assistant professor) of Szőnyi involved in the circulation of Hungarian artistic life. In 1957 he became a member of the Art Fund of Fine Arts Association.
By the Nagybánya's painting lessons continued painting with natural themes and human figures appear rich color scheme, has joined forces shaping a balanced composition. Oil paintings and water-like substance, were the main elements his expression of color and light.
As from his works himself wrote: "I tried my work faithfully follow art my ideas - to capture the potential of everyday life images of beauty - small joys and sorrows, our time and the change of a landscape typical timeless atmosphere of human destinies".
He died in his Szentendre home at the age of 97 years on 10 July 2015.
Exhibitions
He had numerous exhibitions in Hungary and abroad, worked for decades in Szentendre and the creative community of artists houses in Szigliget, Kecskemét, Hódmezővásárhely and Mártély. In the 1950s onward featured in the Hall of Art, Budapest a common ones and in other exhibition spaces in the country.
Individual
1959 • Fényes Adolf Terem, Budapest
1965, 1971, 1983 • Derkovits Terem, Budapest
1974 • Zalaegerszeg
1979 • Nyíregyháza
1975, 1976 • Galleria Antelami, Bologna
1972 • Galerie Glaub, Cologne
1975, 1978 • Parma
1990 • Csók Gallery, Budapest
1993 • Művelődési Ház, Dunaföldvár
In group
Műcsarnok országos tárlatai
Hall of Art, Budapest
Vásárhelyi Őszi Tárlatok, Hódmezővásárhely
Szegedi Nyári Tárlatok
Hatvani Biennálék
Humor and Cartoon, Gabrovo
Works in galleries
Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest
Déri Museum, Debrecen
Sárospataki Múzeum, Sárospatak
Gabrovo
Plovdiv
Sozopol
Prizes
In 2011, he became the Hungarian Gold Cross of Merit honors.