Sunday 27 December 2015

Move from Canada to Hungary: Zalai Hirlap newspaper

Guest blogger my mother:

It is about the time we, Giselle, (our daughter with Peter Rakobowchuk, my ex-husband) and I moved from Canada to Hungary. The local paper wrote an article about me, the “Canadian” artist, born in Hungary, moving back home so she could paint there..


Szabo Agota finished high school with excellent marks. She wanted to be an artist but her parents sent her to a university of medicine…she “defected” as it was called those days…she herself doesn’t know why Italy attracted her… Later she lived in Canada, Switzerland, but now she wants to paint here, back home…”

 

“…she became director of the fashion department…She sent models to large magazines to present their clothes. It is memorable for her that Michael J. Fox, who became a great star later, was among them. (Agota) Agi’s career broke in half when she married a radio reporter and they moved away. But something new started for her when their daughter (Giselle) Gizella or Zsizsi (Gigi) was born.
“…when she grew up a little Agi took out her old dream, painting. She studied from books. Her daughter is studying at Sagvari in first year. Her mother tells about the difficulties she has with her study materials. Though Gigi (Zsizsi) speaks the colloquial Hungarian (besides English she speaks French, German and now learning Italian)…”
 
“…I had exhibitions by then as I did become a painter. With the help of my Italian contacts I visited the famous Italian painter Pietro Annigoni with my paintings. He encouraged me, trusted in my talent . But I kept thinking of going to university to take art. They (at the Art Department looked at my paintings and asked why I wanted to go to school when I was already a professional artist.”
 

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