Hungarian interview - Maria De Nagay

Audio file
Date
1978-01-03
Personal name
Interviewer: Zalan, Magda, 1936-
Interviewee: De Nagay, Maria
Corporate name
Description

Maria De Nagay explains how she came to Canada from Hungary, via Vienna and Paris. She talks about how she found her first job, and how she established her career as an artist and designer. Ms. De Nagay talks about her first accommodations, and her first studio. At first she worked in interior design, but later switched back to her original area, sculpture. Ms. De Nagay shares what it means to her to be an artist of Hungarian origin.

Maria de Nagay parle de son voyage de la Hongrie au Canada, en passant par Vienne et Paris. Elle raconte comment elle a trouvé son premier emploi et comment elle a pu s’établir en tant qu’artiste et designer. Mme de Nagay parle de ses premiers logements et de son premier studio. Au début elle a travaillé dans le design d’intérieur mais par la suite elle est retournée à la sculpture qui a toujours été son domaine d’intérêt. Mme de Nagay explique comment elle se définit en tant qu’artiste d’origine hongroise.

Physical description
(1 audio file (0:43:03))
Genre
Interviews
Oral histories
Sound recordings
Type of resource
Sound recording non-musical
Language
English
Identifier
HungTape2551
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Source/owner of material

Multicultural History Society of Ontario