Pál Gerzson was born on January 25, 1931 in Hird (southern Hungary). He died in Budapest on May 27, 2008. As a child, his family moved frequently, following the appointments of his father, a veterinarian stationed in different regions, and the constraints of the wartime situation. Pál Gerzson began his studies at the Gymnasium in Nagykároly (today in Romania), continued them in Ungvár (today in Ukraine) and finished them in Kőszeg, where he obtained his baccalaureate in 1949. István Lelkes, his drawing teacher, noticed his talent and directed him to the Fine Arts School (Beaux-Arts) in Budapest, where Gerzson studied until 1953. His masters are János Kmetty, Gyula Hincz and Endre Domanovszky. He marries a colleague from the Beaux-Arts. The couple had three children. Gerzson studied geometry at Budapest University, graduating in 1955.
Dès 1953, Pál Gerzson fait partie du Studio des jeunes artistes (Fiatal Művészek Stúdiója), puis dès 1955, du Fonds artistique (Művészeti Alap). He taught at the Budapest School of Applied Arts between 1960 and 1974. He became a member of the Hungarian Fine Arts Association in 1964. Appointed professor at the Beaux-Arts in 1974, he taught there until his retirement in 1996. In 1988, he was one of the founders of the Hungarian Society of Fine Arts (Magyar Szépmíves Társaság). In 1992, he was one of the founders of the Hungarian Academy of Arts. Between 1992 and 1999, he was President of the Hungarian Association of Fine and Applied Arts.
His professional career is three-fold: painter (he has exhibited regularly since 1954), professor (36 years in total at the two higher education institutions) and important figure in the public life of art in Hungary.
