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Brassaï

1899 - 1984

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Brassaï (French: [bʁasaj]; pseudonym of Gyula Halász, Hungarian: [ˈɟulɒ ˈhɒlaːs]; 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. In the early 21st century, the discovery of more than 200 letters and hundreds of drawings and other items from the period 1940 to 1984 has provided scholars with material for understanding his later life and career. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Brassaï is the 15th most popular photographer (up from 18th in 2019), the 149th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 145th in 2019) and the most popular Hungarian Photographer.

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS

Among photographers, Brassaï ranks 15 out of 148. Before him are Vivian Maier, Robert Doisneau, Oliviero Toscani, Julia Margaret Cameron, Felice Beato, and Annie Leibovitz. After him are Wilhelm von Gloeden, Yousuf Karsh, Nobuyoshi Araki, Elliott Erwitt, Gunter Sachs, and Diane Arbus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Brassaï ranks 61. Before him are Georges Auric, Bronislav Kaminski, Ludwig Guttmann, Kazi Nazrul Islam, Leo Strauss, and Lao She. After him are Nadezhda Mandelstam, Andrei Platonov, Louis Chiron, Georges Bidault, Akim Tamiroff, and Philipp Bouhler. Among people deceased in 1984, Brassaï ranks 45. Before him are Dmitry Ustinov, Kim Sung-gan, Henri Michaux, Irwin Shaw, Oskar Werner, and Tito Gobbi. After him are Ngô Đình Thục, Souvanna Phouma, Enrico Berlinguer, Moshé Feldenkrais, Yılmaz Güney, and Jerzy Popiełuszko.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Brassaï ranks 149 out of 1,077. Before him are Leopold Auer (1845), Max Nordau (1849), András Schiff (1953), Piali Pasha (1515), Nikolaus Lenau (1802), and Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria (1831). After him are Ephraim Kishon (1924), Marcel Grossmann (1878), Yolanda of Poland (1235), György Sárosi (1912), Béla Miklós (1890), and Gusztáv Sebes (1906).

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS In Hungary

Among photographers born in Hungary, Brassaï ranks 1. After him are André Kertész (1894), and Cornell Capa (1918).

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