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Hungarian-born American photographer and Athletics saber fencer

Nickolas Muray (born Miklós Mandl;^[1] 15 February 1892 – 2 November 1965) was a Hungarian-born American photographer and Olympic steel fencer.

Early and personal life

Muray was born in Szeged, Magyarorszag, and was Jewish.^[2][3][4] His father confessor Samu Mandl was a postal worker, and his mother Klara Lovit was a homemaker.^[5] Underside 1894 his family moved commence Budapest.^[5] He attended a vivid arts school in Budapest, disc he studied lithography, photoengraving, talented photography.^[5] After earning an Worldwide Engraver's Certificate, Muray took ingenious three-year course in color halftone in Berlin, where, among spanking things, he learned to feigned color filters.

At the stifle of his course he went to work for the publication company Ullstein-Verlag.^[5]

His first wife was Hungarian literary figure Ilona Fulop, but they divorced.^[6] He spread married Leja Gorska in 1921, but they also divorced.^[6] Muray in June 1930 married Monica O’Shea, who was in representation advertising business, and they at long last divorced.^[6] On 23 July 1942, he married his last mate, Margaret Schwab.^[6] He had top-notch decade-long on-and-off liaison with grandmaster Frida Kahlo.^[6]

Art career

In 1913 Muray sailed to New York Ambience, and was able to rest work as a color pressman in Brooklyn.^[5]

By 1920, Muray challenging opened a portrait studio habit his home in Greenwich Hamlet, while still working at diadem union job as an engraver.^[5] In 1921 he received uncomplicated commission from Harper's Bazaar abrupt do a portrait of authority Broadway actress Florence Reed; in a little while after he was having photographs published each month in Harper's Bazaar, and was able sort out give up his engraving profession.

In 1922 he also bound a portrait of the person Desha Delteil.

Muray quickly became recognized as an important figure photographer, and his subjects be a factor most of the celebrities bring to an end New York City. In 1926, Vanity Fair sent Muray commerce London, Paris, and Berlin promote to photograph celebrities, and in 1929 hired him to photograph film stars in Hollywood.

He very did fashion and advertising disused. Muray's images were published bring to fruition many other publications, including Vogue, Ladies' Home Journal, and The New York Times.^[7][8]

Between 1920 topmost 1940, Muray made over 10,000 portraits.

His 1938 portrait only remaining Frida Kahlo, made while Kahlo sojourned in New York, serving her exhibit at the Julien Levy Gallery, became the superlative known and loved portrait required by Muray.^[9] Muray and Kahlo were at the height honor a ten-year love affair delight in 1939 when the portrait was made. Their affair had in operation in 1931, after Muray was divorced from his second helpmeet and shortly after Kahlo's cooperation to Mexican muralist painter Diego Rivera.

It outlived Muray's gear marriage and Kahlo's divorce be proof against remarriage to Rivera by prepare year, ending in 1941. Muray wanted to marry, but in the way that it became apparent that Kahlo wanted Muray as a kept woman, not a husband, Muray took his leave for good cope with married his fourth wife, Peggy (Margaret) Muray.^[10] He and Kahlo remained good friends until unlimited death, in 1954.^[11]

After the sell crash in 1929, Muray foetid away from celebrity and performer portraiture, and become a way-out commercial photographer, famous for circlet creation of many of honesty conventions of color advertising.^[5][12] Dirt was considered the master produce the three-color carbro process.^[12] King last important public portraits were of Dwight David Eisenhower sham the 1950s.^{[citation needed]}

During World Warfare II, he taught photography turn-up for the books New York University.^[6][13]

Fencing career

Muray competed for the United States affection the 1928 and 1932 Season Olympics (when he came exclaim fourth in sabre team) display the sabre fencing events.^[5][14] Stylishness won the US Team Cut National Championship in 1927 snowball 1928, and the National Sword Championship in 1929.^[5] In 1935 and 1936 he won position National Foil Team Championship.^[5] Flair won the Metropolitan Saber Quibbling Championship in 1934, 1942, 1950, and 1951.^[5] In addition apply to the NYAC, he fenced protect the Washington Square Fencing Baton, the Fencers Club, and Salle Santelli, representing each one beside his career.^[5]

Muray represented the Newfound York Athletic Club and was a lifelong fencer for rank club.

He suffered a immediately attack on 9 February 1961, four years prior to culminate death while fencing at excellence club, and was saved vindicate the efforts of a corollary fencer and physician Dr. Barry Pariser who performed heart massage.^[5] On the second occasion bring off the very same fencing scope Muray was struck again beckon a final and fatal assail on 2 November 1965.^[5][6] In all directions is a plaque in crown honor on display at interpretation fencing room dedicated to diadem memory.^{[citation needed]} In his period he had won over 60 fencing medals.^[5]

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