Dénes Györgyi

Dénes Györgyi (April 25, 1886 – November 25, 1961) was a Hungarian architect, a member of the Györgyi-Giergl artistic family. Gyorgyi was born in Budapest into a well known clan of artists which stretched back generations. On his father's side, his great grandfather, Alajos Giergl (1793–1868) was a silversmith who originated from the Tyrol and his grandfather, Alajos Györgyi Giergl (1821–1863), was a well known painter in Pest. His father, Kálmán Györgyi (1860–1930) was a craftsman and art theorist, the director of the National Society of Applied Arts and editor of its journal. Two other close relatives, Géza Gyorgyi (1851–1934) and Kálmán Giergl (1863–1934) were well known architects. The latter built the Music Academy and Klotild...