Szathmári Pap Károly kapcsán Bölöni Farkas Sándor házsongárdi síremlékéről
Károly Szathmári Pap and Farkas Sándor Bölöni´s Statuary Monument in the Házsongárd Cemetery

Summary/Abstract: Erected in 1845, Farkas Sándor Bölöni´s memorial is one of the oldest statuary monuments in the Házsongárd cemetery in Kolozsvár. This outstanding Unitarian intellectual personality of the Reform era, and author of Traveling in North-America, a book with great impact, died in 1842. He was buried with the assistance of the citizens of Kolozsvár (including the members of the then-sitting Transylvanian diet), in the south-eastern part of Házsongárd cemetery, which was almost empty at the time. The collection for Bölöni’s monument was conducted by János Kriza and Sámuel Brassai. There were no sculptors in Kolozsvár at that time, hence they trusted the painter and graphic artist, Károly Szathmári Pap with the implementation of the bust for the top of the monument. The monument’s high pedestal was designed and carried out by the architect Kagerbauer Antal in a neo-Gothic style mixed with elements characteristic of Romanticism. The first graphic reproduction of the monument was a lithograph made by Miklós Sikó in 1854; one of the first known photographs was made by Ferenc Veress. The monument was damaged by a storm and renovated in 2004. It was at this time that the bust was re-carved. This history of the monument’s design and construction is opportune since celebrations to honor the 200th anniversary of the birth of Károly Szathmári Pap will be organized at the beginning of January 2012.

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