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Brassaï was in fact one of the two most influential photographers in European photography of the 1930s. With Henri Cartier-Bresson , "the classic and measured" Brassaï captured "the spirit of the bizarre," as John Szarkowski, former director of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, succinctly put it.
- September 9, 1899
- July 8, 1984
In 1948, Brassaï married Gilberte Boyer, a French woman. She worked with him in supporting his photography. In 1949, he became a naturalized French citizen after years of being stateless. Death. Brassaï died on 8 July 1984 at his home on the French Riviera near Nice and was buried at Montparnasse Cemetery in Paris. He was 84 years old.
- Hungarian/French
- 8 July 1984 (aged 84), Beaulieu-sur-Mer, France
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- Fille de Joie, Rue Quincampoix, 1932. Jörg Maass Kunsthandel. Price on Request.
- Kiki et ses amies, Thérèse Treize de Caro et , 1932. Jörg Maass Kunsthandel. Price on Request.
- Le fou des Halles, 1930. Anders Wahlstedt Fine Art. Price on Request.
- Graffiti de la Série VII, La Mort, 1935. Galerie Karsten Greve. Price on Request.
Brassaï (French: [bʁa'saj]; pseudonym of Gyula Halász; 9 September 1899 – 8 July 1984) was a Hungarian–French photographer, sculptor, medalist, 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.
Gyula Halász, now known as Brassaï, was born in 1899 at Brasso, in Transylvania, a part of Rumania that at the time belonged to Hungary. He adopted the name “Brassaï” after his hometown, in 1925. His father was a French Literature professor at the University of Brasso. At the age of five, Brassaï discovered Paris when his father took a ...
Oct 8, 2019 · Amoureux dans un Petit Cafe, Quartier Italie, circa 1932. Brassaï (1899-1984) created countless celebrated images of 1930s Parisian life. He captured the grittier aspects of the city, but also ...
Nov 20, 2018 · Courtesy of the Estate Brassaï Succession, Paris. In one of Brassaï ’s most famous photographs, a man and a woman canoodle in the corner of a Parisian coffee house in the early 1930s, smoke curling from a lit cigarette between the woman’s fingers. Mirrors on either side of the couple’s well-coiffed heads reflect their loving looks and ...
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