Ö. Fülöp Beck

& R. Austria – 1945, went missing in Budapest) was a Hungarian sculptor noted for his medal sculptures of Endre Ady, Sándor Petőfi, Ferenc Liszt, Mihály Babits and Kelemen Mikes creating over 500 in his career.

Later in his career he created notable busts of Zoltán Kodály and Zsigmond Móricz and various tombs and developed a Post-Impressionism style influenced by elements of Art Nouveau.

In 1888 he studied at the School of Applied Arts in Budapest until 1893 when he after visiting Vienna travelled to Paris the following year.

[1] In Milan who grew interested in creating statues and moved back to his country, opening up a workshop in Göd.

His earlier works include Animal Reliefs in 1911, Saint Sebastian in 1914, and Aphrodite in 1915 and was contracted to sculpturally decorate the Corvin department store in Budapest in 1916.