Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
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1894 Budapest, Hungary - 1985 New York City. Known for: Art and photojournalism photography, portraits.
André Kertész (1894 -1985)? Kertesz was an Hungarian-born photographer distinguished by haunting composition in his photographs and by his early efforts in developing the photo essay. In his... Read full biography
André Kertész (1894 -1985)? Kertesz was an Hungarian-born photographer distinguished by haunting composition in his photographs and by his early efforts in developing the photo essay. In his lifetime, however, his then-unorthodox camera angles, which hindered prose descriptions of his works,... Read full biography
André Kertész (1894 -1985)? Kertesz was an Hungarian-born photographer distinguished by haunting composition in his photographs and by his early efforts in developing the photo essay. In his lifetime, however, his then-unorthodox camera angles, which hindered prose descriptions of his works, prevented his work from gaining wider recognition, as well as his use of symbolism also became unfashionable later in his life. Born in Budapest, the son of a bookseller, Kertész taught himself how to use a... Read full biography
André Kertész (1894 -1985)? Kertesz was an Hungarian-born photographer distinguished by haunting composition in his photographs and by his early efforts in developing the photo essay. In his lifetime, however, his then-unorthodox camera angles, which hindered prose descriptions of his works, prevented his work from gaining wider recognition, as well as his use of symbolism also became unfashionable later in his life. Born in Budapest, the son of a bookseller, Kertész taught himself how to use a camera and had his first photos published while a member of the Austro-Hungarian army during World War I. Even as early as 1914, his distinctive and mature style was already evident. Kertész emigrated to Paris in 1925, changed his first name from... Read full biography
André Kertész (1894 -1985)? Kertesz was an Hungarian-born photographer distinguished by haunting composition in his photographs and by his early efforts in developing the photo essay. In his lifetime, however, his then-unorthodox camera angles, which hindered prose descriptions of his works, prevented his work from gaining wider recognition, as well as his use of symbolism also became unfashionable later in his life. Born in Budapest, the son of a bookseller, Kertész taught himself how to use a camera and had his first photos published while a member of the Austro-Hungarian army during World War I. Even as early as 1914, his distinctive and mature style was already evident. Kertész emigrated to Paris in 1925, changed his first name from Andor, and became acquainted with members of the Dada movement. One of them dubbed him “Brother Seeing Eye”, an allusion to a medieval mon... Read full biography
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1996Barbara and Peter Toohil363 pages (color)Theodore Fried & Andre Kertesz An Enduring Friendship
1987
(Exhibition catalog)Riehlman, Franklin30 pages (color)An Inquiry into the Aesthetics of Photography
1975James, Geoffrey136 pages