Biography
Ferenc Flamm grew up in Budapest and from an early age fell inlove with art, music and dance. His interest continued to mature during his education at The Art College of Budapest and The Hugari-an Academy of Fine Arts, where he closely studied anatomy and movement through the legacy of Leonardo da Vinci and many other great classical masters. In 1976 Ferenc moved to Sweden, married and formed a family,while at the same time finding his feet as a graphic designer andfine artist. Over the past 15 years, he has returned increasingly to hisartistic roots; painting portraits, commissions and accomplishing his own art projects. His work has been displayed in art galleries on the Broadway, in Soho and at the City Hall in New York, at the U.S. Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C., in Orlando and Fort Lauderdale in Florida, at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas and in Long Island. He participated in an exhibition at the Mall Galleries, London, and had solo exhibition at the Balint House in Budapest, inStockholm, Lund and also at the Palace House and the Concert Hall of Gothenburg.During the past year Ferenc has started to focus on one of his favorite themes; the performing arts; ballet and music. He often visited the rehearsals at the Gothenburg Opera, the Ballet Academy and The Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra at the Concert Hall. He made studies, sketches and took photographs in order to create a visual journey into the world of stage arts, particularly to portray the work behind a stage performance. Ferenc accomplished a series of oil paintings on board and on canvas by using palette knifes and brushes. The complete work consists of 32 pieces in two sections; 18 ballet and 14 musical motifs, about 95 x 90 cm ( 37” x 35”).
