Sándor Ambrózy

Sándor Ambrózy was a Hungarian sculptor, best known for his sports-themed medals and ceramics. He also created several female statues and portrait busts, mostly in bronze. After World War II he also worked as a restorer of churches in Budapest. Ambrózy studied in Budapest at the Arts and Crafts School Budapest and abroad. From 1924-31 he worked on a scholarship from the Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts. At this institution, he was a fellow and also assistant professor from 1925-27. In 1930 he won a 1st prize for sports medals for a boxing championship.

In 1933 Ambrózy created the plaster figure of an alpine Skier. It was produced by the Herend manufactory in the early 1940s as a white as well as a brightly painted porcelain figure of 26 x 36 cm. It is not certain whether this is actually the work submitted in Berlin, since the Hungarian title Sifutó (Cross-Country) listed in the catalog rather indicates a cross-country skier motif.