Martin Ferenc - sculptor, painter, graphic artist and Illustrator was a prominent figure of modern art of the 20th century Hungary. This influential artist founded his own art school and was active in social activities in the South - Transdanubian artistic community.

Before the Second world war Martin Ferenc lived many years in Paris and traveled in Western Europe: he was acquainted with many famous artists contemporaries, and spun around in circles of artists, who actively supported the latest avant-garde of the time. After the war he became one of the most significant and prominent adherents of the movement of abstract art in Hungary.

In 1974 in pécs opened a Museum, which exhibited the artworks given by Martin Ferenc city. The catalogue of his artistic heritage, edited by the author of a monograph about the artist Eva Hars was published in 1985. Died Martin Ferenc April 10, 1986 in pécs.

The Museum's permanent exhibit on Káptalan St, 4 the works of Martin Ferenc - paintings and sculpture opened in 2011 and provides the most complete picture of his work.