Victor Tolgesy

Victor Tolgesy RCA (22 August 1928 – 6 January 1980)[1] was a Hungarian-born Canadian sculptor.

The Victor Tolgesy Arts Award is named in his honor.

[1] Tolgesy was made a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts[3] In 1966, a sculpture by Tolgesy, Freedom for Hungary—Freedom for All was installed in Budapest Park in Toronto to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the Hungarian Uprising.

The award consists of cash prize and a bronze casting of Tolgesy's 1963 sculpture Seed and Flower.

Acrobatics: A Tale of Fantasy and Reality in Words and Sculpture (Ottawa:Edahl Productions Limited, 1985) ISBN 0969120532, 9780969120537 A 'modern fairy tale' illustrated with color photographs of the author's sculptures.

Freedom for Hungary—Freedom for All (1966) Budapest Park ,Toronto