10th Anniversary

18th of October 2011. 14:00-15:00 - Gellérthegy, Budapest

This day will bring the tenth anniversary of the unveiling the Garden of Philosophy in Budapest. We are looking to meet all interested ones for a friendly coming together on the Gellért Hill. If you have a story about Nándor Wagner or his art please tell us! We try to make the event livelier with 10 questions to be discussed on the spot. We would like to take photos and video for the sake of memory and for the 20th anniversary as well. See you there!

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Nándor Wagner Program - the 10th Anniversary

A commemorative evening for the tenth anniversary of unveiling of the Garden of Philosophy on Gellért Hill was held at Petőfi Literature Museum.
Program: opening speech by H.E. Tetsuo Ito Ambassador of Japan; Tibor Wehner art historian talks about the recent results of Wagner researches; Sándor Kiss recalls the events at Garden of Philosophy. Videos about Nándor Wagner and the film of János Gulyás Corpus Hungaricum will be shown. Closing words was told by Wagner Chiyo. (We had 120+ participants)

 Garden of Philosophy the first 10 years (large ppt file)

Remembering at the József Attila Statue

The 3 member delegation from Japan visited Nándor Wagner's hometown Nagyvárad(Oradea), Romania today. A memorial event was held at his statue József Attila the poet. The event was attended by Vice Mayor Rozália Bíró and in her speech she emphesized the valuable contribution of the sculptor to the humankind. On the photo the Vice Mayor and Chiyo Wagner are posing after the wrenches of memory were placed. Lecture evening was organized about the life and works of Nándor Wagner and the Great Tohoku Earthquake.

Vice Mayor Rozália Bíró and Chiyo Wagner

Nándor Wagner Evening

Our Foundation has organized an evening program at the Petőfi Literature Museum.
Mr. Sandor Kiss president of the Foundation welcomed the participants and talked about the recent activities of our Foundation. The NHK video feature story of Mrs. Chiyo Wagner was shown. Mr. Tibor Wehner art historian talked about the recently discovered grave statue in Budapest. A documentary film made by Mr. János Gulyás titled  Nándor Wagner's Swedish period about his standing statues there was shown.

Nándor Wagner in his atelier in Lund

Nándor Wagner Evening in Tokyo

One has passed since the Garden of Philosophy was unveiled in Nakano-ku, Tokyo. To commerorate the first year of the group of statues a special event was organized in the auditorium of Sun Plaza, Nakano-ku. Program: Greetings Mayor Daisuke Tanaka; Lecture about the art values of the compoisition by Matsumoto art historian, the Nándor Wagner video of NHK was shown. The lecture about the the Gardens of Philosphy in Budapest and Tokyo by Sándor Kiss was read. Closing and thanking words were told by Chiyo Wagner, widow of the sculptor.

Gardens of Philosophy Symposium

Our Foundation organized a crowd attending Symposium about the reception of the Garden of Philosophy both in Budapest and Tokyo in the Petőfi Literature Museum in Budapest. Speakers:
Chiyo Wagner founder, Tibor Wehner art historian, Sándor Kiss president. The video documentary of the group of statues made by János Gulyás was shown.