Agnes Szentgyörgyi Gallus (May 15, 1930 – August 8, 2010) was a Hungarian-Canadian painter who immigrated to Regina, Saskatchewan, in 1957.
Early life
Agnes Szentgyorgyi was born in Ópályi, Hungary on May 15, 1930. She was the fifth of six children born to George Victor Szentgyorgyi and Maria (). She attended a
convent school as a child before studying art in Győr. In 1954, she married Laszlo Aladar Gallus. They fled the country with their infant son during the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. At the time, Agnes was pregnant with their first daughter, who was born in Vienna.
They immigrated to Regina, Saskatchewan in 1957.
They had a second daughter,
Maya Gallus, before separating in 1968.
Career
In Canada, Gallus studied art at the University of Saskatchewan with artists
Kenneth Lochhead and
Ted Godwin, and taught art classes there between 1970 and 1977.
She was a contemporary of The
Regina Five, and participated in Emma Lake Artists' Workshops.
During that period she studied under Harold Cohen,
Frank Stella, and
Roy Kiyooka.
In 2003, she moved to Toronto where she continued working as an artist until her death on August 8, 2010.
Her art is held in public and private collections, including the Dunlop Art Gallery, SK Arts, the MacKenzie Art Gallery,
