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Sandor Bortnyik

Sandor Bortnyik (1893 - 1976) was active/lived in Hungary.  Sandor Bortnyik is known for Painting, graphic design.

A member of the circle of Hungarian Activism organized around Lajos Kassák, he studied at Rippl- Rónai, and Kernstok (1913), and was employed in illustrating and design posters.  He joined the progressive artistic newsletter called Ma (Today) and became one of the most accomplished members of the socially driven avant-garde.

His cubist-expressionistic lino cuts inspired by revolutionary ideas were published in 1918.  After the fall of the Hungarian Soviet Republic in August of 1919, he was forced to leave the country.

For some time he painted in an expressionist style, but by 1921 his work had become non-figurative.  In the summer of 1922, he settled in Weimar and stayed there for two years.  Bortnyik did not become a member of Bauhaus but he studied its principles and methods.  The co-existence of styles characterized his works for some time: constructivism, expressionism and cubism.

After returning to Hungary in 1925, he establish   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 1551 characters.]  Artist bio

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