Gyula halasz biography template

Hungarian-French photographer

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

Gyula halasz biography template

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 letters and hundreds of drawings and other items from the period to has provided scholars with material for understanding his later life and career.

Early life and education

Gyula Halász, a.k.a. Brassaï (pseudonym), was born on 9 September in Brassó, Kingdom of Hungary (today Brașov, Romania) to an Armenian mother and a Hungarian father.

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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.

As a young man, he studied pain