{"id":36636,"date":"2025-07-25T15:45:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T15:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/36636\/"},"modified":"2025-07-25T15:45:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T15:45:13","slug":"the-hungarian-american-photography-connection-petapixel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/36636\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hungarian-American Photography Connection | PetaPixel"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"A<\/a>Nickolas Muray (American, b. Hungary, 1892\u20131965),\u202c\u202d Joan Crawford and\u202c Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Santa Monica, California\u202c\u202d, 1929. Gelatin silver print.\u202c George Eastman Museum, gift of Mrs. Nickolas Muray. \u00a9 Nickolas Muray\u202c Photo Archives\u202c.\u202d <\/p>\n

Hungary has a rich photographic history. The Central European country has produced some of the greatest photographers of the early 20th century during the golden age of photojournalism \u2014 chiefly Robert Capa, Brassa\u00ef, and Andr\u00e9 Kert\u00e9sz. <\/p>\n

Many of these photographers traveled from Hungary to Berlin and Paris. While Brassa\u00ef \u2014 who became close friends with Pablo Picasso \u2014 stayed in Paris, both Capa and Kert\u00e9sz carried on to the United States. Hungarian photographers made thier home in New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles. <\/p>\n

A new exhibit at the George Eastman Museum in Rochester, New York, will examine the pioneering photographic artistry that emerged out of backdrops of persecution and perseverance as the Hungarian photographers reinvented themselves and made a huge impact on Hungarian photography. <\/p>\n

\u201cThis exhibition provides an exciting opportunity to understand the true impact that Hungarian \u00e9migr\u00e9s had on the history of photography,\u201d says Jamie M. Allen, Stephen B. and Janice G. Curator and Head of the Department of Photography. <\/p>\n

\u201cFrom artistic efforts through the Bauhaus and New Vision photography to remarkable photojournalistic efforts that have stood the test of time, the photographers in this exhibition underscore the many ways in which individuals can influence our worldview.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"A<\/a>\u202d Andre\u00e1 Kert\u00e9sz (American, b. Hungary, 1894\u20131985),\u202c\u202d Lost Cloud\u202c\u202d , 1937. Gelatin\u202c silver print. The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of the artist.\u202c
\n \"A<\/a>La\u00e1szlo\u00e1 Josef Willinger (American, b. Hungary, 1909\u20131989),\u202c\u202d Virginia Bruce\u202c\u202d,\u202c ca.1938\u201339. Gelatin silver print. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, gift of Howard\u202c Greenburg, by exchange, 2020.186\u202c\u202d. \"A<\/a>Marcel Sternberger (American, 1899\u20131956),\u202c\u202d Diego Rivera in Pose as Buddha\u202c\u202d, ca. 1952. Vintage silver gelatin print. The Marcel Sternberger Collection,\u202c\u202d Curator Jacob Loewentheil, Copyright Stephan Loewentheil.\u202c\u202d \"Abstract<\/a>\u202c\u202d L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Moholy\u2011Nagy (American, b. Hungary, 1895\u20131946),\u202c\u202d Photogram\u202c\u202d , 1925. Gelatin silver print. George Eastman Museum, purchase with funds from\u202c Eastman Kodak Company.\u202c \"Abstract<\/a>\u202cNicholas Ha\u00e1z (American, b. Hungary, 1883\u20131953), Color abstraction, ca.\u202c 1948. Dye imbibition print. George Eastman Museum, gift of Dr. Eugene P .\u202c Wightman, 1954.\u202c <\/p>\n

The exhibition will look at the work of L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Moholy-Nagy, known for his avant-garde photography, he moved to Chicago and inspired a \u201cNew Bauhaus\u201d that can still be seen today in the form of the Institute of Design in Chicago, part of the Illinois Institute of Technology. <\/p>\n

More than 150 stunning and surreal photographs capture the unexpected beauty of fleeting shadows, gritty urban life, glamorous celebrities, and the promises of America. Included are works by notable artists such as Andr\u00e9 Kert\u00e9sz, Nickolas Muray, Martin Munk\u00e1csi, and Gy\u00f6rgy Kepes, along with less familiar names whose images are instantly recognizable. One example is Robert Capa, a pioneer of modern photojournalism whose photographs of Omaha Beach on D-Day are among the most famous of World War II.<\/p>\n

\"A<\/a>Arguably the most famous photograph taken by a Hungarian, Robert Capa\u2019s \u2018The Falling Soldier\u2019 allegedly depicts the moment a solider is fatally struck during the Battle of Cerro Muriano in the Spanish Civil War. | Wikimedia Commons <\/a><\/p>\n

Seeking to \u201cprovide a missing chapter in art history,\u201d American, born Hungary debuted at the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest on April 5, 2024, before moving to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in October 2024. Its stop at the George Eastman Museum will be its final venue. <\/p>\n

The exhibit opens on September 25 at 6 P.M. Ticket information can be found on the Eastman Museum website. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nickolas Muray (American, b. Hungary, 1892\u20131965),\u202c\u202d Joan Crawford and\u202c Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Santa Monica, California\u202c\u202d, 1929. Gelatin silver…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":36637,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[29926,228,226,227,29927,229,88,29928,9174,29929],"class_list":{"0":"post-36636","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-andrekertesz","9":"tag-arts","10":"tag-arts-and-design","11":"tag-artsanddesign","12":"tag-brassai","13":"tag-design","14":"tag-entertainment","15":"tag-historicalfriday","16":"tag-hungary","17":"tag-robertcapa"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36636"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36636\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}