He hailed from the ancient Roman Catholic Hungarian noble family Farkas de Boldogfa from the Zala county.

His father was Lajos Farkas de Boldogfa (1878–1930), administrator of the lands of Turčišće that belonged to Count Jenő Festetics.

[5][6][7] On 19 December 1943, Ferenc Deák Literary and Art Circle was formed in Zalaegerszeg with the participation of 28 artists, including Sándor Boldogfai Farkas.

The Second World War devastated great part of the buildings of Budapest: in 1957 the Hungarian sculptors Sándor Boldogfai Farkas, Ödön Metky and János Sóváry carved replicas in the New York Caféof the damaged allegorical sculptures of Thrift and Wealth, America and Hungary.

When the Payphone was introduced in Hungary Sándor Boldogfai Farkas designed the first coin (called "Tantusz") that used for these public machines.