George Molnar | |
Birth Date: | 1910 4, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Nagyvárad, Hungary |
Death Place: | Sydney |
Alma Mater: | University of Budapest |
George Molnar (Hungarian: Molnár György) (25 April 1910, Nagyvárad – 16 November 1998, Sydney) was born in Nagyvárad, Austria-Hungary and came to Australia in 1939 as a sponsored migrant, to take up a job as government architect. His talents were such that in Australia he became a much admired cartoonist and an architecture lecturer at the .[1]
Molnar studied architecture and engineering in Budapest, graduating in 1932.[2] He initially worked as a government architect in Canberra. Later he taught architecture at UNSW and University of Sydney School of Architecture, Design and Planning.
His friendship with Bernard Hesling led to his being employed as a cartoonist for the Daily Telegraph from 1945 before moving to the Sydney Morning Herald in 1954.[3]
In 1971, he was awarded an OBE for services to journalism and architecture.[4] and became an officer of the Order of Australia in 1988.[5]
Molnar . George . Summer 1956–1957. Good Manners in Street Architecture . . 1 . 1 . 37–45.