Amerigo tot biography
Amerigo Tot
Hungarian sculptor and actor
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Tot in 1969. | |
| Born | Imre Tóth (1909-09-27)27 September 1909 Fehérvárcsurgó, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | 13 December 1984(1984-12-13) (aged 75) Rome, Italy |
| Occupation(s) | actor, sculptor |
| Years active | 1967–1977 |
Amerigo Tot (born Imre Tóth; 27 September 1909 – 13 December 1984) was a Hungarian sculptor and occasional actor.
Biography - Amerigo Tot Research
Born in Fehérvárcsurgó, Austria-Hungary[1] he moved to Rome towards the end of the 1920s, where he lived for the rest of his life. He studied in Budapest under Ferenc Helbing and György Leszkovszky from 1926 until 1928, and then at the Bauhaus in Germany.[2] As the Nazis came to power he moved to Rome where he worked sculpting memorials on a grant from the Roman-Hungarian Academy, where he eventually became an advisor.
He fought in the Italian resistance movement starting in 1943.
He first received international recognition for his work on the friez Biography - Amerigo Tot Research FIR