The painter and drawer Béla Mágori Varga is one of the artists who left behind in exquisite oeuvre but remained less known. Born on 13th June 1897 in Imeni, he completed his first years if studies in Targu Secuiesc in the Secondary School of the Minorite monks. The outbreak of the First World War interrupted his studies, Mágori being enlisted in the army and sent on the Italian front. After the war he settled down in Budapest, where in 1922 he enrolled the University of Visual Arts. He completed his studies in 1928 as a disciple of Gyula Rodnay.

In the 1930's, he returned several times to his homeland along with his colleagues, the artists Vilmos Aba Novák and Imre Nagy. During these periods he painted landscapes inspired by the surroundings of his native village, as well as the beauties of the regions of Ciuc and Gheorgheni. Besides landscapes, the artist was preoccupied with genre painting, depicting scenes from the villagers' life. But Mágori's interests weren't limited only to painting; graphics had an important place in his artistic life, especially in his studio that he established in Budapest.

In 1936 Mágori traveled to Vatican, in Italy where he was awarded the Aldobrandini Prize. One year later his very successful individual exhibition was opened in Rome, where two of his paintings were bought by Mussolini himself.

Between 1938 and 1940 he lived and created in Paris, gaining an insight into the milieu of the avant-garde artists. His painting followed the line of realistic representation, but his works reflect a deep dramatic effect and a deliberate constructive composition.

In the 1950's, following the experience of the political pressure placed upon artists, which also meant that he had to deal with the fact that his art was ignored, Mágori emigrated to Brazil, settling down in the bustling city of Sao Paolo. He lived here for the last forty years of his life, continually creating and striving for artistic fulfillment.

In 1982 he sent home, to Budapest some paintings for the exhibition organized for the Hungarian artists living abroad. He died on 16th October 1998 in Sao Paolo at the age of 101, forgotten by the Hungarian artistic life.