Pierre Szekely
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| Born | 11 June 1923 |
| Died | 3 April 2001 (age 77) |
| Known for | Sculptor |
| Spouse | Vera Szekely |
Pierre Szekely (11 June 1923) was a Hungarian-born sculptor, architect and educator.
Biography
During the Holocaust, Pierre Szekely was interned in a Nazi concentration camp. In 1946, he escaped to France where he became a respected sculptor and architect.[1][2]
In 1975,[3] Szekely completed La Dame du Lac, which is an iconic climbing wall in the suburbs of Paris.[4] The Dame du Lac is considered to have played an instrumental role in the development of Parkour by David Belle,[5] made famous by early montages such as Speed Air Man (1997).
References
- ↑ Alison, Jane (1984). The New Hungarian Quarterly. Corvina Publishing House. p. 322.
- ↑ Darmon, Adrian M. (2003). Autour de l'art juif: encyclopédie des peintres, photographes et sculpteurs (in French). Carnot. p. 288. ISBN 978-2-84855-011-4.
- ↑ Székely, Pierre (1977). "A Sculpture in Concrete for Practicing Alpinism". Leonardo. 10 (3). MIT Press: 225–226. doi:10.2307/1573430. JSTOR 1573430. S2CID 192941068.
- ↑ Kim, Demie (23 February 2017). "From Picasso to Noguchi, 11 Artists Who Designed Spectacular Playgrounds". Artsy.
- ↑ Angel, Julie (July 2016). Breaking the Jump: The Secret Story of Parkour's High Flying Rebellion. Aurum Press. p. 24. ISBN 978-1-78131-554-5.