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Martin Munkácsi
American
1896–1963
About the Artist
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Martin Munkácsi. Self-Portrait Shooting Fashion in Long Island Sound, Harper’s Bazaar. November 1935. © Estate of Martin Munkàcsi, courtesy Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York - Alternate Name(s) Memelstein Márton (Birth Name)
Meeting Points
- Cultural Hubs Berlin Budapest
- Photo Industry Hubs Berlin
- Exhibitions Modern Hungarian Photography, 1937
- Publications Berliner Illustrirte Zeitung, 1917–31 Vogue, 1892–1949 Pesti napló képes műmelléklet, 1925–39 Das deutsche Lichtbild, 1927–38 Photography, 1839–1937, 1937
Artist Chronology
| May 18, 1896 |
Born
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Cluj-Napoca |
| 1911–summer 1928 |
Lives in Budapest
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Budapest |
| 1914–28 |
Contributes interviews, articles, and poems for newspapers and magazines such as Az Est, Pesti Napló, and Színházi élet
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Budapest |
| 1917–27 |
Operates a photography portrait studio
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Budapest |
| 1920s |
Works as a sports photographer for Az Est, Pesti Napló, Délibáb, and Ma Este
Contributor: Martin Munkácsi
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Budapest |
| 1920 |
Serves as editor-in-chief of the short-lived amateur actors' journal Amatőr Művészet
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Budapest |
| 1927 |
Elected secretary of the photojournalism department of the Budapest Guild of Photographers
At location: Martin Munkácsi
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Budapest |
| May 1928 |
Exhibition of Hungarian photography at the Photographische Gesellschaft in Vienna
Participant: Martin Munkácsi, József Pécsi
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Vienna |
| 1928–38 |
Lives in Berlin
At location: Martin Munkácsi
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Berlin |
| Late 1928 |
Contributes to Tempo and Die Dame
Contributor: Martin Munkácsi
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Berlin |
| 1928–34 |
Works for Berliner Illustrirte Zeitung
Contributor: Martin Munkácsi
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Berlin |
| 1930 |
Martin Munkácsi photographs Leni Riefenstahl
At location: Martin Munkácsi, Leni Riefenstahl
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Berlin |
| November–December 1933 |
Travels to the United States for the first time
At location: Martin Munkácsi
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New York San Francisco |
| December 1933 |
Publishes his first fashion photographs in Harper's Bazaar
Contributor: Martin Munkácsi
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New York |
| 1935–47 |
Works under contract for Harper's Bazaar
Contributor: Martin Munkácsi
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New York |
| March 17–April 18, 1937 |
Photography: 1839–1937, organized by Beaumont Newhall, at The Museum of Modern Art
Participant: Berenice Abbott, Margaret Bourke-White, Anton Bruehl, Francis Bruguière, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Alvin Langdon Coburn, Walker Evans, Florence Henri, André Kertész, George Platt Lynes, Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky), László Moholy-Nagy, Martin Munkácsi, Roger Parry, George H. Seeley, Peter Sekaer, Charles Sheeler, Edward Steichen, Alfred Stieglitz, Paul Strand, Maurice Tabard, Edward Weston, Jacques-André Boiffard, Robert Demachy
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New York |
| October 23–November 7, 1937 |
Modern Hungarian Photography
Organizer: Imre Kinszki
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Budapest |
| 1938–63 |
Lives in New York
At location: Martin Munkácsi
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New York |
| April 1940 |
Exhibition series dedicated to Hungarian photographers at the Hungarian Reference Library
Participant: André Kertész, Martin Munkácsi
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New York |
| 1946–50 |
Maurice Tabard lives in New York, where he meets Martin Munkácsi, Erwin Blumenfeld, Irving Penn, and Richard Avedon
At location: Martin Munkácsi, Maurice Tabard
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New York |
| July 14, 1963 |
Dies
At location: Martin Munkácsi
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New York |
