József V. Molnár

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József Molnár V. ( Marcali, 1930 . March 17 ) Hungarian Heritage Award winner néplélek- and folklore researcher, graphic artist, 1956 freedom fighter , the historical order of vitéz member.

Born into a small civic family in Marcali, Somogy County. His father, József Molnár, was a worker at a logging company. In 1944, the Russians were dragged to a Malaga work camp, from which he never returned. After that, the family moved with their mother and children to the grandparents of Pankasz in Vas County. Here came the later ethnographic researcher with the village healers and the peasant lifestyle. Even at the age of 7-8, he was among the canaries and shepherds to learn from them. His father was home for more than 30 years. They learned a lot later that in Timisoara there was bloodshed in the prison, which they couldn't cure locally. And the last news about his father came from Timisoara.

Later, after returning to Marcalba, József Molnár became a family maintainer. The Vitéz Kovácsffy Arnold retired military officer had a apprentice in the printing house, and beside this, he took on casual work around all kinds of houses. Ducks were fed, chopped, harvested, cleaned in a bookstore. Kovácsffy, who was formerly educated at Prince Esterházy, tried to help Józsefen Molnár. He was the first to receive "real" books - for he had read only tarpaulin literature. He had a decisive experience of reading the tragedy of Man. Here's how:

" When he felt (Kovácsffy) that I was mature, he gave me the tragedy of Man. I retreated to the border of Marcali on Sunday, reading through it, and I felt like I was in a completely different life. From one minute to another, my approach changed as I read the book. I walked home in the evening, before sunbathing, and I felt like I was swapping it in almost every part of my life."

- Molnár V. József: Somebody lives on me

In the autumn of 1956, he was a journalist at the University of Budapest. He was then sentenced to 3 years of imprisonment, one year in private. During this time, he realized that in a natural culture, a drawing evokes the complex layers of reality, discovering its practice here. The picture also became familiar with the magic of the picture: the image is not an ornament, according to this, not to make man's environment more tolerable or pleasant, aesthetic.

After his release, he could not continue his graphic studies. He became a printer and then an avant-garde painter. It was a great turn in his life, when he got to know the cave art of the prehistoric man more thoroughly. Then he recognized the system of prehistoric images. He called this formality and essence content for organic or natural culture