István Kiss (sculptor)

István Kiss (Biharillye, 8 June 1927 – Szekszárd, 29 December 1997) was a Hungarian sculptor and a member of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party Central Committee between 1975 and 1989.

From 1948 to 1953 he was student of Zsigmond Kisfaludi Strobl and Sándor Mikus [hu] and Pál Pátzay at the Hungarian University of Fine Arts.

[2] Kiss was a member of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party Central Committee between 22 March 1975 and 7 October 1989.

[2] One of his most notable sculptures is the Republic of Councils Monument (Hungarian: Tanácsköztársasági emlékmű),[3] currently sitting at the Memento Park.

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The Republic of Councils Monument at Memento Park . A memorial for the Hungarian Soviet Republic .