Essential Biography
| 1920
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Born in Budapest, April 9th, as son of the mathematician Pál Veress
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| 1938-1943
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Studied at the Academy of Art, with the painter István Szőnyi
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| 1943
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First public showing at the exhibition by the holders of a grant for painting in Transylvania
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| 1942-1943
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Studies at the humanities faculty of Péter Pázmány University, Budapest
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| 1943-1946
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Military service and captivity in an American POW camp
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| 1947
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Married to Éva Deák, editor at the Hungarian Radio, later editor at the publishing house Corvina, translator
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| 1948 March
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First one-man show in Budapest, then temporary withdrawal from art life because of communist art policy. Took job as translator with the news agency MTI
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| 1950-1955
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Birth of three daughters
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| 1958-1968
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Editor of an economic news bulletin, published by the Chamber of Commerce. One-man show in Genoa
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| 1963
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"Recommencement" exhibition in Budapest
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| 1965
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Study tour and one-man show in Paris
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| 1969
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One-man show entitled "Idols" in Budapest, participation in Szürenon and other avant-garde showings. Member of the Association of Artists
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| 1969-1980
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Senior editor of a financial daily, meanwhile exhibitions at home and abroad: in New York jointly with Oszkár Papp and Endre Bálint, in Poland and Germany. Study tours to France, the United States, India and Japan
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| 1980
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Retired from journalism. Further shows in Hungary and abroad, in Paris, Orly, with five other Hungarian painters
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| 1986
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Retrospective show of his life's work at the Ernst Museum, Budapest
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| 1992
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Full member of the Széchenyi Academy of Arts and Letters
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| 1993
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Széchenyi Academic Inaugural Show at the Budapest History Museum
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| 1995
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awarded the Small Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic
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| 1998
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Artist of Merit award of the Republic of Hungary
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| 1997
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egyéni kállítás a Vigadó Galériában
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| 1998
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show of drift wood sculptures in the Podmaniczky gallery and in the library of Zebegény
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| 1999
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show at the Institut Francais of Budapest
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