Ernő Kállai, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ernő Kállai

Hungarian art historian, journalist, museologist, teacher

Date of Birth: 09-Nov-1890

Place of Birth: Săcălaz, Timiș County, Romania

Date of Death: 28-Nov-1954

Profession: art historian, journalist

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Erno Kállai (9 November 1890, Sacalaz- 28 November 1954, Budapest) was a Hungarian art critic who was involved in the promotion of and theorisation around Constructivism.He encountered avant-garde art upon visiting the MA gallery of Lajos Kassák and soon contributed to MA under the pseudonym Péter Mátyás. Following the suppression of the Hungarian Soviet Republic, Kállai went to Berlin but stayed in touch with other Hungarian refugees from the avant-garde art movement in Vienna. In 1923 he co-wrote a manifesto with Alfréd Kemény, László Moholy-Nagy and László Péri.