His name is linked with the instituting of the Section of Fine Arts in the Secondary School of Arts in Pécs, the founding of the Pécs Workshop, the Pécs Visual Workshop, and the establishing of the Martyn Ferenc Free School of Arts under joint auspices with Apagyi Mária in 1985. At the end of the 60’s, Lantos Ferenc launched a programme of mural enamel-work in the Enamel Factory in Bonyhád. In 1979, in Paks, jointly with Halász Károly, he founded the Visual Experimental Workshop. From 1968 on, Lantos Ferenc and Apagyi Mária together have developed an integrated system of visual and musical teaching. Lantos was heading the Visual Section of the Martyn Ferenc Free School of Arts and, since 1994, he has been acting as professor in the Department of Painting in the Faculty of Arts of the Pécs University. In 1997, he was awarded the Doctor of Liberal Arts degree by the University of Pécs. In 2002, he won a scholarship by the Academy of Hungary in Rome. Since 1952, Lantos Ferenc has had 65 solo exhibitions, and he took part in about 150 group shows both in Hungary and abroad. His most important solo exhibitions are the following:
- 1964 Janus Pannonius Museum, Pécs
- 1967 Technical University, Bercsényi Dormitory, Budapest
- 1970 House of Sciences and Technology, Pécs
- 1972-1980 Nature-Vision-Creation, 1-5, Pécs, Debrecen, Veszprém, Szombathely, Miskolc, Tatabánya, Zalaegerszeg, Szeged
- 1976 The Poesy of Structure, Exhibition Hall, Pécs
- 1976 Enamel Sculptures, Móra Ferenc Museum, Szeged
- 1977 Nature-Vision-Creation 1-5, Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest
- 1978 Jósa András Museum, Nyíregyháza
- 1983 Pécs Gallery, Pécs
- 1984 Unitarian Church of Adelphi, Washington
- 1985 Taidem, Lahti
- 1985 French Institute, Budapest
- 1992 Soundings and Contrasts, Pécsi Kisgaléria, Pécs
- 1995 Pécs Gallery, Parti Gallery, International English Centre, Pécs
- 1999 Ernst Museum, Budapest
- 2000 Pécs Gallery, Pécs
- 2003 The Academy of Hungary in Rome, Rome
- 2004 The Works of Lantos Ferenc between 1948 and 1970, Ernst Museum, Budapest
- 2006 Cifra Palota Kecskemét
- 2009 80 Years, Exhibition of Painter Lantos Ferenc (Pécs), Pécs Gallery, Közelítés Gallery, Parti Gallery, Pécs
A permanent exhibition of Lantos Ferenc was opened in December 2013 in Pécs.
