Janos Hajnal - Artist Info

About Janos Hajnal

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Giovanni Hajnal
  • Biography

    János “Giovanni” Hajnal (Budapest, 27 August 1913 – Rome, 9 October 2010) was a Hungarian naturalized Italian artist and illustrator, he is considered one of the major contemporary creator of glass walls and mosaics.

    Hungarian born, Hajnal graduated from the Art Academy in Budapest; he then attended art academies in Frankfurt, Stockholm and Rome. He started his artistic profession as book illustrator which he continued to purse throughout his career.

    Hajnal visited Italy for the first time in 1931 when he walked from Budapest to Florence in order to admire Italian art. He relocated permanently in Rome in 1948 at the age of 35.

    In Italy his artistic career was mainly based on glass walls and mosaics....

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