Background
Margit Kovács was born in Győr, Hungary on 30 November 1902.
Margit Kovács was born in Győr, Hungary on 30 November 1902.
Then she studied clay modelling in Munich at the State School of Applied Arts under Karl Killer (1928-1929). She studied in Copenhagen in 1932 and in 1933 she was at Sèvres Porcelain factory where she mastered the art of modelling with chamotte clay to make figures.
She originally wished to become a graphic artist but she grew interested in ceramics in the 1920s and went to study in Vienna with Hertha Bücher, a famous Austrian ceramic artist, from 1926-1928. She was very popular in Hungary and received many public commissions. Kovács died in Budapest on 4 June 1977.
Her grave is in Farkasréti Cemetery in Budapest.