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Tibor Kaján

Tibor (Kalász) Kaján, graphic artist, cartoonist (Miskolc, 03.03.1921).
Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts 1945-50.
His masters: Robert Berény, János Kmetty, Jenő Barcsay, Károly Koffán.
1953, 1963: Silver Cup, Tolentino,
1964: II. prize, Bordighera,
1953, 1968: Munkácsy prize,
1975: Merited Artist of the Hungarian Republic,
1981: Order of Labour, Gold Degree,
1988: Honoured Artist of the Hungarian Republic,
1992: Pulitzer prize,
1994: Opus prize,
1994: Officer's Order of Hungarian Republic,
1994: Golden Pen (MUOSz).
His cartoons and graphics are published from 1945. He was in editorial staff of Ludas Matyi since establishing, then he was in team of Tükör from 1964 , later in Új Tükör, Magyar Nemzet, Magyar Hirlap. His graphics are published regularly in Lyukasóra, Magyar Tudomány, Népszabadság, Új Írás, Filozófiai Szemle, Hócipő and in other newspapers. In 1970 the TV series 'Karika-túra' of Hungarian Television started with introduction of his career.


  The birthday of the referee
  The rain
  Ars Poetica Caricature
  The tree of knowledge
  Romeo and Juliet!
  Le Corbusier
  Absolute hopeless
  Modern Times

  Darwin
  Sigmund Freud
  Einstein
  Applied graphics
  Mothers' Day
  Family planning
  Insufficiency
  Thinking machine

  Gothic art
  Humanist
  Information
  Needlework
  Michelangelo
  Turning grey
  Pornography
  Press

Cartoons © Tibor Kaján, used with his permission
Special thanks Ágnes Danó for the idea and Gergely Thuróczy for the many-sided support.