Unveiling the statue Mother Earth

The ceremony was greeted by H.E. Tetsuo Ito Ambassador of Japan. He emphasized that the statue to be unveiled will be an attraction of the Buda Castle. After the great moment Zsuzsa Vámosi-Nagy played Telemann D-major flute fantasy. Dr. Gábor Tamás Nagy mayor of I. district in his speech pointed to the hidden message of Mother Earth, talked about Gaia and sculptor Nándor Wagner. Mr. Koji Akiyama President of Wagner Nandor Foundation in Japan thanked the place and highly appreciated the excellent carving of stone sculptor István Darányi . He also expressed his special thanks to Reneszánsz Zrt., Aspectus Architect Zrt. and Market Építő Zrt. for supporting and managing the project. The master of the ceremony was Sándor Kiss our President. (Photo: László Gergely)

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Corpus Hungaricum Unveiling in Mashiko

The outstanding event of the Spring Exhibition was the unveiling ceremony of the Corpus Hungaricum in the studio of sculptor Nándor Wagner. The statue was unveiled by László Tőkés the member of the European Parliament who was the Bishop of Nagyvárad (Oradea, Romania), the hometown of Nándor Wagner.

Tokyo, Nakano-ku Tetsugakodo

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

May we wish all the best for the Season!

New Year's decoration with blooming ume bonsai

Re-unveiling Ceremony

After 3 years Nándor Wagner's Garden of Philosophy was completed. Speakers of the event: Dr. András Bőhm Chairman of Cultural Committee of Budapest City and Dr. Gábor Tamás Nagy Mayor of 1st District. Ms. Chiyo Wagner expressed her thanks for all efforts. From now on the people can enjoy the group of statues both in Budapest and Tokyo. At the ceremony H.E. Ito Tetsuo Ambassador of Japan and H.E. Gauri Shankar Gupta Ambassador of India were also present. Flute music was played by Prof. Zoltán Gyöngyössy of Liszt Ferenc Music University. Posing for this joyful event on our photo H.E. Ambassador Ito with his wife, Ms. Chiyo Wagner and our President Mr. Sandor Kiss.

 

Photo: László Gergely

Completed for Re-unveiling of Garden of Philosophy

Garden of Philosophy by Nándor Wagner on the Gellért Hill, Budapest has been completed again for the joy of people after several years. The stolen statues (Mahatma Gandhi, Prince Daruma, St. Francis of Assisi in the back row) were cast in Japan and a Re-unveiling Ceremony will be held on 17-th of June, 2010. Looking forward to seeing you at this great event!

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Tokyo, Nakano-ku Tetsugakodo

Happy New Year!

May we wish you a good start with a short video on 2nd of Januray, 2010. Please have a look at Tokyo MX News' video report about the unveiled eleven figure "Garden of Philosophy" of Hungarian sculptor Nándor Wagner in Nakano-ku Tokyo (in Japanese).

 Picture report of unveiling ceremony.

Unveiling Ceremony

The group of statues Garden of Philosphy by Nándor Wagner was presented by Chiyo Wagner to Nakano-ku. It was placed in the Park of Philosophers (Tetsugakudo) in Nakano-ku, Tokyo commemorating the 140th and 50th anniversary of Japanese-Hungarian diplomatic ties.    

Moment of tape cutting

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