László Ney, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

László Ney

Hungarian graphic artist

Date of Birth: 26-Jul-1900

Place of Birth: Budapest, Hungary

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1965

Profession: painter

Nationality: Hungary

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About László Ney

  • László Ney (also known as Lancelot Ney) (26 July 1900, Budapest - 1965, Paris) was a Hungarian graphic artist. He was a successful caricaturist already in his early life.
  • In the Hungarian College of Fine Arts his teacher was István Réti.
  • At the age of 22 he went to Germany to study abroad.
  • In Germany he got to know Moholy-Nagy and through him Kurt Schwitters.
  • First he worked as a graphic artist then as a painter.
  • Michel Seuphor was a friend of his and he introduced Mondrian to Ney. First he made objective cubist pictures then more abstract compositions.
  • Beside figural pictures he made abstract painting, ink drawings, etchings.
  • In his last years he studied more than 500 Chinese characters under the influence of them and Far Eastern art he made brush drawings.

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