| Elza Kövesházi-Kalmár | |
| Birth Date: | 1 January 1876 |
| Birth Place: | Vienna, Austria |
| Death Place: | Budapest, Hungry |
| Nationality: | Hungarian (b. Austria) |
| Field: | Sculpture |
Elza Kövesházi-Kalmár (1 January 1876 – 3 September 1956) was a Hungarian sculptor known for her Art Nouveau and Art Deco sculptures.
Kövesházi-Kalmár was born on 1 January 1876 in Vienna, Austria.[1] She studied in Vienna and Munich.[2] She was a member of the Künstlerinnen group, the Hagenbund and the Hungarian artists' association Kéve.[3]
Among her awards she was the recipient of a silver medal at the 1926 World's Fair in Philadelphia and a silver and bronze at the 1937 Paris World's Fair.[1] Despite this recognition, she was unable to support herself as an artist and she turned to creating orthopedic shoes for a living.[3]
Kövesházi-Kalmár died on 3 September 1956 in Budapest.[1]
Her work was included in the 2019 exhibition City Of Women: Female artists in Vienna from 1900 to 1938 at the Österreichische Galerie Belvedere.[4]