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Géza Kende (Hungarian-American, 1889-1952) painter and sculptor primarily known for his portraits and figures including religious and Native American subjects, as well as landscapes, seascapes, still lifes, interiors and sculpted busts.

Kende was born in Nagybekcskerek, Torontál, Kingdom of Hungary on January 5, 1889 (now Zrenjanin, Serbia) to father Frank Kende and mother Ilona (née Szabo) Kende. From 1904-05, he studied painting at the Hungarian National Royal School of Applied Arts (now Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design), and then at the Hungarian University of Fine Arts, both in Budapest, as well as in Vienna, Munich, Rome and Paris.

Early in his career, he exhibited at the Art Hall and also the National Salon (Since 1908), also in Budapest. From circa 1908-1914, Kende maintained a studio in Paris where he made an early name for himself as a portrait painter, until he was recalled to Hungary at the outbreak of WWI.

During WWI, Kende serve