Sándor Bortnyik
Bortnyik Sándor • Illustration — Bortnyik Sándor Sándor Bortnyik (July 3, 1893 – December 31, 1976) was a Hungarian painter and graphic designer. His work was greatly influenced by Cubism, Expressionism and Constructivism.
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Sándor Bortnyik
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- Born
- 1893
- Died
- 1976
- Nationality
- Hungary
- Occupation
- painter · graphic artist · theatre designer · costume designer · illustrator · pedagogue
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Bortnyik Sándor • Illustration — Bortnyik Sándor Sándor Bortnyik (July 3, 1893 – December 31, 1976) was a Hungarian painter and graphic designer. His work was greatly influenced by Cubism, Expressionism and Constructivism.
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Born in Marosvásárhely, Transylvania, Kingdom of Hungary (today Târgu Mureș, Romania), he moved to Weimar in 1922 and was connected to the Bauhaus. When he moved back to Hungary he founded an art school (Workshop) in Budapest, where he followed Bauhaus principles. Bortnyik is well known for his commercial posters. During his long career he worked for many Hungarian and international clients. The most famous works are the advertising images for Modiano cigarette papers. He was also the director of the Hungarian University of Fine Arts (1949–1956). He is buried in Kerepesi Cemetery.
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1893
Sándor Bortnyik born at Târgu Mureș.
1976
Sándor Bortnyik died at Budapest.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q562814: Sándor Bortnyik
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- “Sándor Bortnyik”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- At a Sándor Bortnyik Exhibition in Budapest (June 1919): A Hungarian Critic’s Interpretation of ‘Futurism’, 2020, 2020
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