artist
Brassaï
birth
Brașov, Romania, 1899
death
Beaulieu-sur-Mer, France, 1984
see too
Gyula Halász
last update
23-04-2025
The photographer Gyula Halász (Brasov, Romania, 1899 – Beaulieu-sur-Mer, Nice, France, 1984) worked under the pseudonym Brassaï, a reference to his birthplace in what was then Hungary and is now Romania. He studied painting and sculpture at the Budapest Academy of Fine Arts, before moving to Berlin in 1920, where continued his artistic studies while working as a journalist. In 1924 he relocated to Paris, and settled there permanently. His work as a journalist allowed him to enter the world of photography at a time when Surrealism was taking root in France. In 1932 he published his photography book Paris de nuit, and in that same year he started taking photographs of graffiti in the streets of the city. Artists and intellectuals soon became interested in Brassaï's photographs and he began collaborating with them on work that appeared in publications such as Minotaure, Labyrinthe and Verve. A prolific and versatile artist, Brassaï also produced works in the fields of sculpture, drawing, engraving, literature, film and writing. He wrote numerous articles and almost twenty books, including Graffiti, published in 1960. His film Tant qu'il y aura des bêtes won an award at Cannes in 1956.
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![[1831_001_rgb / Imatge] Sense títol. Graffiti. Sèrie IX: "Images primitives"](https://d2zy2h1755x359.cloudfront.net/public/DigitalAsset/262039/3dfa0b1fb0c27f79a5bdd5d6e91874ad/full/large/0/default.jpg)
![[1839_001_rgb / Imatge] Sense títol. Graffiti. Sèrie III: "Naissance du visage"](https://d2zy2h1755x359.cloudfront.net/public/DigitalAsset/262041/89e41c3a71902d54a9bebede3de0a157/full/large/0/default.jpg)
![[1847_001_rgb / Imatge] Sense títol. Graffiti. Sèrie VII: "La mort"](https://d2zy2h1755x359.cloudfront.net/public/DigitalAsset/262043/c5a77f86618783fe452d81e4134937a4/full/large/0/default.jpg)
![[1830_001_rgb / Imatge] Sense títol. Graffiti. Sèrie IX: "Images Primitives"](https://d2zy2h1755x359.cloudfront.net/public/DigitalAsset/262052/6087a000617c41d713d7e4cfa873254e/full/large/0/default.jpg)
![[1848_001_rgb / Imatge] Picasso & Co. Graffiti. Sèrie XI: "Images primitives"](https://d2zy2h1755x359.cloudfront.net/public/DigitalAsset/267155/65047d0736ca64bb736a7db9e4bc775d/full/large/0/default.jpg)
![[1846_001_hist / Imatge] Sense títol. Graffiti. Sèrie III: "Naissance du visage"](https://d2zy2h1755x359.cloudfront.net/public/DigitalAsset/202628/67c26c74ef8e2ba875018e9aa4daf848/full/large/0/default.jpg)
![[1843_002_pub / Imatge] Sense títol (rue Médéah). Graffiti. Sèrie IV: "Masques et visages"](https://d2zy2h1755x359.cloudfront.net/public/DigitalAsset/202629/7c41bfbca348f18d148b216feb176c60/full/large/0/default.jpg)
![[1842_001_pub / Imatge] Sense títol. Graffiti. Sèrie III: "Naissance du visage"](https://d2zy2h1755x359.cloudfront.net/public/DigitalAsset/202613/2ab67d5da6b69ca75d19efb0d71dd57c/full/large/0/default.jpg)
![[1840_001_pub / Imatge] Sense títol. Graffiti. Sèrie II: "Langage du mur"](https://d2zy2h1755x359.cloudfront.net/public/DigitalAsset/202632/c56e296b29d0d50c5d267baf5ed42351/full/large/0/default.jpg)
![[1833_001_pub / Imatge] Sense títol. Graffiti. Sèrie VII: "La mort"](https://d2zy2h1755x359.cloudfront.net/public/DigitalAsset/202617/34fda5b5a7d88ce16c94857a797b0a24/full/large/0/default.jpg)
![[1845_001_pub / Imatge] Sense títol. Graffiti. Sèrie VIII: "La Magie"](https://d2zy2h1755x359.cloudfront.net/public/DigitalAsset/202631/8064f16e44380ce5cd2aea10a0a0f1b7/full/large/0/default.jpg)
![[1827_001_pub / Imatge] Petit Lutin à la jupe triangulaire. Graffiti Sèrie IX: "Images primitives"](https://d2zy2h1755x359.cloudfront.net/public/DigitalAsset/202614/ed81711db94fe65a5668b7f9b690bc0e/full/large/0/default.jpg)
![[1836_001_pub / Imatge] Sense títol. Graffiti. Sèrie VI: "L' Amour"](https://d2zy2h1755x359.cloudfront.net/public/DigitalAsset/202615/bd8ea1970d5e128cae2b9c61948ef1b9/full/large/0/default.jpg)
![[1837_002_pub_l / Imatge] 1837_002_pub_l.jpg](https://d2zy2h1755x359.cloudfront.net/public/DigitalAsset/f7792da0-e825-49c8-9a59-92ce818a8d0a/7518350b99b8c173836358508869f482/full/large/0/default.jpg)
![[1841_001_pub / Imatge] Sense títol. Graffiti. Sèrie II: "Langage du mur"](https://d2zy2h1755x359.cloudfront.net/public/DigitalAsset/202626/b35d74e83c057c71a4993e0278f3dcf5/full/large/0/default.jpg)
![[1834_001_pub / Imatge] Sense títol. Graffiti. Sèrie VII: "La mort"](https://d2zy2h1755x359.cloudfront.net/public/DigitalAsset/202619/b77980045fcc8acdf97636b86364b3cd/full/large/0/default.jpg)
![[1828_001_hist / Imatge] Phantôme (Rue Perceval). Graffiti. Sèrie VIII: "Magie"](https://d2zy2h1755x359.cloudfront.net/public/DigitalAsset/204074/ee62ce706b8265d59b9eb9a64d25ffb6/full/large/0/default.jpg)
![[1838_001_hist / Imatge] Sense títol (Rue Nicolas-Houël/Rue de Courmel, Paris). Graffiti. Sèrie V:"Animaux"](https://d2zy2h1755x359.cloudfront.net/public/DigitalAsset/202621/6f5a6b847ae839d8c39fc27ebbcfe433/full/large/0/default.jpg)
![[1835_001_hist / Imatge] Sense títol. Graffiti. Sèrie VII: "La mort"](https://d2zy2h1755x359.cloudfront.net/public/DigitalAsset/202620/cea6c6bfae0d397800263b45898d7de6/full/large/0/default.jpg)
![[1844_001_hist / Imatge] Le Roi Soleil (Porte de Saint-Ouen). Graffiti. Sèrie IX: "Images Primitives"](https://d2zy2h1755x359.cloudfront.net/public/DigitalAsset/202627/c434eedeb93098b9b41daefb93eef7fe/full/large/0/default.jpg)
![[1832_001_hist / Imatge] Le pendu. Graffiti. Sèrie VIII: "La Magie"](https://d2zy2h1755x359.cloudfront.net/public/DigitalAsset/202657/049a174a6443036a1f999341df4bd381/full/large/0/default.jpg)