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Ferenc Martyn (1899-1986)
Aliases: Martyn Ferenc
Professions: Painter; Sculptor; Illustrator
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Martyn Ferenc 1899-1986 Self Portrait with Turban,
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Martyn Ferenc (1899-1986) Seaside landscape, 1940
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Martyn Ferenc (1899-1986) Seaside landscape, 1940
Ferenc Martyn Biography
(b Kaposvár, 10 June 1899; d Pécs, 11 April 1986). Hungarian painter, sculptor, designer and illustrator. He spent his childhood in Kaposvár in the house of the Secessionist painter József Rippl-Rónai. His early works are figurative. During the 1920s he painted arcadian scenes, but he was soon influenced by Surrealism, often combining experienced events with subconscious visions. Martyn lived in Paris from 1926 to 1940 and moved towards abstraction, joining the CERCLE ET CARRÉ group, and then in 1931 ABSTRACTION-CRÉATION, taking part in their exhibitions. He painted cityscapes and portraits, and was influenced by Constructivism. His non-figurative works were painterly and expressive of his Hungarian temperament and used the rhythm of expansive arched forms. He can be seen as an intermediary between the Ecole de Paris and Hungarian art; he often returned to Budapest to organize exhibitions of Hungarian abstract painters living in Paris.
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