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  • Gyula Pap. Self-Portrait. 1930. J. Paul Getty Museum. © Gyula Pap/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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Artist Chronology

November 10, 1899
Born
At location: Gyula Pap
Orosháza
1912–17
Family lives in Vienna
At location: Gyula Pap
Vienna
1917–18
Drafted into the Austro-Hungarian army
At location: Gyula Pap
Gorizia
November 1918–June 1919
Studies at the Magyar Iparművészeti Iskola
At location: Gyula Pap
Budapest
1920–23
Studies with Johannes Itten and in the metalwork department of the Bauhaus
At location: Gyula Pap
Weimar
1924–26
Works as a lithographer and publishes photographs in the Hungarian press
At location: Gyula Pap
Transylvania
Late 1926–1933
Teaches courses in graphic arts at the Kunstschule Johannes Itten
At location: Gyula Pap
Berlin
1933
Gyula Pap and László Moholy-Nagy collaborate on advertising graphics projects at the Kunstschule Johannes Itten
Berlin
1934–83
Lives in Budapest
At location: Gyula Pap
Budapest
1934
Establishes contact with Lajos Kassák and other socialist artists
At location: Gyula Pap
Budapest
1934
Solo exhibition at the Frankel Salon
Participant: Gyula Pap
Budapest
Mid to late 1930s
Works as a textile designer at the Goldberger textile factory
At location: Gyula Pap
Óbuda
1940
Solo exhibition at the Tamás Gallery
Participant: Gyula Pap
Budapest
1947
Founds a painting school for children of peasants and workers
At location: Gyula Pap
Nagymaros
1947
Exhibition at the Képzőművészeti Főiskola
Participant: Gyula Pap
Budapest
1948
Exhibition of 90 Artists at the National Salon
Participant: Gyula Pap
Budapest
1949–62
Teaches at Képzőművészeti Főiskola
At location: Gyula Pap
Budapest
September 24, 1983
Dies
At location: Gyula Pap
Budapest

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