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Hungarian-French photographer

Brassaï (French:[bʁasaj]; pseudonym of Gyula Halász; 9 September 1899 – 8 July 1984) was a Hungarian–French photographer, sculptor, medalist,^[1] writer, and filmmaker who rose to international fame in France in the 20th century.

He was one of the numerous Hungarian artists who flourished in Paris beginning between the world wars.

In the early 21st century, the discovery of more than 200 letters and hundreds of drawings and other items from the period 1940 to 1984 has provided scholars with material for understanding his later life and career.

Early life and education

Gyula Halász, a.k.a.

"Brassaï, born in Hungary as Gyula Halasz, began his artistic apprenticeship in Berlin and launched his exceptional photographic career in Paris.

Brassaï was a Hungarian–French photographer, sculptor, medalist, writer, and filmmaker who rose to international fame in France in the 20th century.

Brassaé, born in Hungary as Gyula Halasz in , began his artistic apprenticeship in Berlin before moving to Paris and launching a career that would.

Brassaï was a Hungarian–French photographer, sculptor, medalist, writer, and filmmaker who rose to international fame in France in the 20th century.

Through more than two hundred vintage photographic prints, this volume presents an in-depth and original window into Brassaï's oeuvre.

Brassaï (pseudonym), was born on 9 September 1899 in Brassó, Kingdom of Hungary (today Brașov, Romania) to an Armenian mother and a Hungarian father. He grew up speaking Hungarian and Romanian. When he was three his family lived in Paris for a year, while his father, a professor of French literature, taught at the Sorbonne.

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