Tivadar Kossuth was born in 1947 in Törökbecse, former Yugoslavia. Through his mother who was an icon painter, he soon became acquainted with the art of painting. However, on the suggestion of his family, he studied carpentry and later ceramics. After obtaining degree, he worked successfully in the local tile factory. He became the leader of the department where exclusive, handmade tiles were produced. In his free time, he made sculptures and huge mosaic pictures that still decorate some of the public buildings of the town.
Nevertheless, "an artist, a true one, cannot be diverted to some other profession, and there is no historical or situational force that can prevent him from fulfilling his destiny. This person cannot be else but a writer, a painter or a musician. Someone, who is an artist in this sense, has got fate."
"I took my paintings to a photographer then sent the photos to Beograd, to the most renowned Yugoslavian art historian, Otto Bihai-Merin. He immediately bought one of my paintings, The last supper and told me that if I continued like this I could travel all over the world with my works."
He was right. In the following years, his paintings became known in France, the USA, Australia and Japan. He got several invitations; among them was one to the Chaplin Film Festival from Vevey, Switzerland. His surrealistic and fabulous works about the famous actor charmed Geraldine Chaplin as well as his later works did Richard Attenborough and Danilo Kis. In 1993 to a request, he made a family crest with which Mr. Hans Ohlsen represented himself in the Danish Royal Club. Tivadar Kossuth, on his road often coloured by bypasses, has created a unique style. Meanwhile, he managed to maintain and follow his own personality thus choosing a more difficult way but that of his own. This way eventually led him to success and reputation. Besides many prestigious orders, among the purchasers of his paintings are artists and politicians. His paintings can be found in the Landesmuseum of Koblenz, Germany and in private collections of London, New York and Tokyo.
Since 1993, the painter lives and works in Szatymaz, in a village near Szeged, Hungary.


Individual exhibitions – Jelentősebb önálló tárlatok

1967 The Gallery of Jovan Veselinov Zarko – Novi Becej
1987 The Gallery of Djordje Popovic – Belgrade
1987 The Salammbo Gallery – Paris
1988 The Natan Gallery – Belgrade
1989 The Slovenian Beach Gallery – Budva
1990 The International Press Centre Gallery – Belgrade
1990 The Hell und Hell Gallery – Munich
1991 The L'Atelier Cora Gallery – Geneva
1991 The Museum of Naive Art – Jagodina
1992 The „Citadella” Gallery – Budva
1993 The Spirale Gallery Of Art – Vevey
1995 The Kálvária Gallery – Szeged
1997 The BÁV Gallery – Szeged
1998 Tan Gallery – Zürich
2001 Der bunte Rheydter – Rheydt
2004 Helikon Castle Museum – Keszthely
2005 The Budai Otthon Gallery – Solymár
2006 Kempinski Hotel Corvinus – Budapest
2007 Csárda Gallery – Hévíz

Collective exhibitions – Jelentősebb kollektív tárlatok

1973 The Gallery of Naive Art – Zagreb
1976 Scottsdale center for the Arts – Scottsdale – Arizona
1976 Brooks Memorial Art Gallery – Memphis – Tennessee
1977 Milwaukee Art Gallery – Milwaukee
1977 Wisconsin Museum of Art – Carnegie Institute – Pittsburgh – Pennsylvania
1978 Meadows museum – Shreveport – Louisiana
1978 The C.W.Post Art Gallery – Long Island
1982 The grand Palais Gallery – Paris
1988 Vision Galleries – Melbourne – Camberra – Sydney
1989 Hell und Hell – Munich
1989 The Sava Centre Gallery – Belgrade
1990 The Internetional Press centre Gallery – Belgrade
1990 Andre Gallery – Chicago – Illinois
1991 Hotel Hyatt – Belgrade
1994 Hell und Hell – Munich
1996 Kortárs Gallery – (BÁV) – Budapest
2006 Kuny Domonkos County Museum – The Vár Galerry - Tata
2006 Csárda Gallery – Hévíz