György Reha, member of the Friends of Hungary Foundation, received Pro Cultura Christiana Award
GalleryThe Hungarian Catholic Bishops' Conference (MKPK) awarded György Reha the Pro Cultura Christiana Award. The renowned artist is a founding member of the Vajda Lajos Studio in Szentendre and headed the Contemporary Fine Arts Collection of the Diocese of Székesfehérvár for ten years. The award was presented by the diocesan bishop of Győr, András Veres, and the event was attended by Archbishop Michael Wallace Banach, apostolic nuncio to Hungary.
György Reha was born in Budapest in 1953. In 1971, he met János Aknay, a painter who later won the Kossuth Prize, and in 1972, together with five of his colleagues, they founded the Vajda Lajos Studio in Szentendre. In 1975, György Reha turned to organizing exhibitions and founded the Toldi Gallery, and then from 1981 the Toldi Photo Gallery, which he commemorated in the 2017 Műcsarnok exhibition.
In 2010, the Contemporary Art Collection was established in the Diocese of Székesfehérvár by Bishop Antal Spányi. Since 2011, it has been organizing exhibitions annually within the framework of the Ars Sacra Festival. György Reha selected the exhibition objects of the Contemporary Art Collection from the most outstanding works of Hungarian fine arts. Most of the artists are members of the Hungarian Academy of Arts, Kossuth and Munkácsy Mihály Prize winners.
György Reha carries out this important artistic activity, the aim of which is to complete the teaching of the Church through the arts, without any compensation, out of vocation. The awarded artist donated the prize to the Catholic Central Foundation.
Via Magyar Kurír/ Béla Baranyai, Photo: Zita Merényi
