Martin Tuszkay

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Martin Tuszkay even Márton Tuszkay (* 18th January 1884 ; † 21st November 1940 in Berlin ) was a Hungarian poster artist and commercial artist .

Life

Poster for the 1918 film Aphrodite by Alfréd Deésy

Tuszkay studied in Budapest , Berlin and Paris . From 1911 he worked mainly in Budapest, but was also active in France and Germany. His work consists of poster designs and graphics. He was represented at exhibitions in 1910 and 1913 in the Künstlerhaus and in 1918 in the National Salon in Budapest. In 1919 he also designed some political posters. In his early days he was close to the artist group Nyolcak . With his work, which can be found in various museums and galleries, he is one of the masters of Hungarian poster art. Most recently he lived in Berlin, where he also died. He found his final resting place in the south-west cemetery in Stahnsdorf .

Works (selection)

  • Corsets Arnold Obersky (advertising poster Paris around 1900)
  • Giampetro-Kaisergarten-Parisiana (theater poster 1910)
  • Laundry embroidery (graphic around 1910)
  • Katonadolog . Mérei Adolf - Béldi Izor - Zerkovitz Bela (theater poster 1913)
  • Gyors segély - Auguszta alap (lithograph for quick relief against the need in the Banat 1914)
  • Italian market town (graphic 1917)
  • Proletárok (mini poster for the Hungarian Soviet Republic 1919)
  • 7Film szovjet oroszorszagboi ( mini poster for the 1919 Soviet film)
  • Védd meg a proletárok hatalmát Alli led a Vorös hadseregbe! Még ma! (Mini poster for the Hungarian Soviet Army 1919)
  • A Kekszakál Asszony (Madam Bluebeard) ( Movie poster around 1919)
  • Liqueurs Baronel (advertising poster)
  • Vagabonds (graphic)

literature

  • Oskar von Krücken / Imre Parlagi: The spiritual Hungary. Biographical Lexicon, Volume II, Vienna-Leipzig 1918
  • Thieme-Becker : General Lexicon of the Visual Artists . Vol. 33, Leipzig 1992, p. 506
  • G.Seregélyi: Magyar festök és grafikusok adattára. Élektrajzi lexikon az 1800–1988 között alkoto festo - es grafikusmüvészekröl, Szeged 1988
  • Anikó S.Nagy / Judit Rédely (eds.): Az utca képeskönyve. Kereskedelmi plakátok és korabeli kritikájuk (1885–1945) ; The picture book of the street. Commercial posters and their contemporary views (1885–1945), Budapest 2006
personal data
SURNAME Tuszkay, Martin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tuszkay, Marton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hungarian poster artist and commercial artist
DATE OF BIRTH January 18, 1884
DATE OF DEATH November 21, 1940
Place of death Berlin