December We wish you Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year with the Cock composition of the "Silk Road" series made by Nándor Wagner. |
4th of December Mashiko. The autumn exhibition had attracted many visitors. The statue collection in the garden and the "Silk Road" series were the main attractions. |
25th of November The philosophers on the Gellért Hill (Budapest, Hungary) are not susceptible to cold. The Garden of Philosophy has receiving more and more visitors day by day instead of the cold season has arrived. |
November The autumn issue of Országépítő magazine has been published with the article about the statues of Nándor Wagner by architect István Makk. Download the 2001/4 copy of the magazine (in Hungarian) |
22nd of October The word goes on in town. What are the philosophers talking about? |
21st of October The foggy weather on the unveiling day was followed by sunny day. Here is the meditating crowd at sunset. |
14:00 pm, 18th of October Garden of Philosophy Unveiling ceremony begins. The group of statues presented to Budapest, Hungary have been placed on the Gellért Hill, just above the water reservoir. The ceremony |
16th of October Garden of Philosophy The installation and erecting of the statues has been finished by end of the day. Photo reportage of the construction |
10th of October Garden of Philosophy Inspection of work in progress and instructions by architect István Makk to foreman of works Mr. Tibor Doszpod of Dór Co., Ltd. |
6th of October Wrenches of memory were placed at Corpus Hungaricum (Székesfehérvár, Hungary) on National Mourning Day. |
1st of October Cut the first sod. At the site the construction has been started to place Garden of Philosophy on the Gellért Hill, Budapest. |
Summer A challenging question: Where are the paper frescos now? |
4-10th of July Search for Nándor Wagner's monuments in public spaces in Sweden. The "Dancing Children" has been transfered to an unknown location due to change of the function of Valand biulding in Gävle. All the other known statues are in good condition, kept well. Not for nothing the cast stainless steel is an everlasting material. Monuments in Sweden... |
May An old photograph came to our hands. The Angel in Lund, Sweden. A plan to visit Gävle, Tranas, Lund, Malmö and Eslöv in Sweden has been approved and organized. |
14 April The statues of Garden of Philosophy safely arrived to Budapest, Hungary. |
January Nine big wooden seaworthy cases were shiped from Japan. What is inside? |