Károly Escher
Escher Károly Károly Escher (21 October 1890 - 16 February 1966) was a Hungarian photographer. Escher was born in Szekszárd, in the Tolna region of Hungary. He worked as a cinematographer on news reels during the briefly lived Hungarian Soviet Republic.
Also recorded as Karoly Escher
Károly Escher
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- 1890 · Szekszárd.
- Died
- 1966 · Budapest.
- Nationality
- Hungary
- Occupation
- photographer · cinematographer
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Escher Károly Károly Escher (21 October 1890 - 16 February 1966) was a Hungarian photographer. Escher was born in Szekszárd, in the Tolna region of Hungary. He worked as a cinematographer on news reels during the briefly lived Hungarian Soviet Republic.
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Later he worked for the newspaper Pesti Napló during the 1930s and 1940s. He died at age 75 in Budapest in 1966.
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• 1938 Venice Biennale Silver medal.
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