Lancelot Ney Hungarian French artist original ink New York City Vintage
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Lancelot Ney Hungarian French artist original ink New York City Vintage, "Central Park, New York, 9-5-57", signed, 14 x 10" sheet, 18 x 14" mat
László Ney (also known as Lancelot Ney) (26 July 1900, Budapest - 1965, Paris) was a Hungarian graphic artist.He was a successful caricaturist already in his early life. In the Hungarian College of Fine Arts his teacher was István Réti. At the age of 22 he went to Germany to study abroad. In Germany he got to know Moholy-Nagy and through him Kurt Schwitters. First he worked as a graphic artist then as a painter. Michel Seuphor was a friend of his and he introduced Mondrian to Ney.First he made objective cubist pictures then more abstract compositions. Beside figural pictures he made abstract painting, ink drawings, etchings. In his last years he studied more than 500 Chinese characters under the influence of them and Far Eastern art he made brush drawings.
László Ney (also known as Lancelot Ney) (26 July 1900, Budapest - 1965, Paris) was a Hungarian graphic artist.He was a successful caricaturist already in his early life. In the Hungarian College of Fine Arts his teacher was István Réti. At the age of 22 he went to Germany to study abroad. In Germany he got to know Moholy-Nagy and through him Kurt Schwitters. First he worked as a graphic artist then as a painter. Michel Seuphor was a friend of his and he introduced Mondrian to Ney.First he made objective cubist pictures then more abstract compositions. Beside figural pictures he made abstract painting, ink drawings, etchings. In his last years he studied more than 500 Chinese characters under the influence of them and Far Eastern art he made brush drawings.
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18 x 14 x 1 in
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Lancelot Ney Hungarian French artist original ink New York City Vintage
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