Discover photographer, draftsperson, graphic designer Eva Besnyö

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: Besnyö, Eva Marianne

Qualifications: photographer, draftsperson, graphic designer

Nationality/school: Dutch, Hungarian

Born: Budapest 1910-04-29

Deceased: Laren (plaats, North Holland) 2003-12-12

Family relationships this field records any family relationship to one or more other artist(s).: 1933-1937 gehuwd met John Fernhout (officiele scheiding 1945); leefde vanaf 1939 met ontwerper Wim Brusse en was met hem gehuwd 1945-1968

See also In this field, you will find references to names of groups or to the artists that made/make up groups. You may also come across references to other artists if there was/is question of collaboration without a joint name. This is the case, for instance, with artists who rendered parts of works by other artists (such as with P.P Rubens and J. Brueghel I).

Sinderen 2002

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10 hits in RKDimages as artist
11 hits in RKDlibrary as subject
1 hit in RKDlibrary as author

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Boedapest (stad) 1925 - 1930
Koetzle 2002
Berlijn 1930 - 1932
Nederland 1932
kwam in 1932 naar Nederland na opkomst nationaal-socialisme in Duitsland (Sinderen 2002)
Amsterdam (stad) 1933 - 2000
had in 1934 studio in Amsterdam met Carel Blazer en architect Alexander Bodon (Sinderen 2002) en volgens adresgegevens RKD
Rotterdam (stad) 1942
woonde tijdens oorlog afwisselend in Rotterdam en Broek in Waterland (Sinderen 2002)
Broek in Waterland 1942

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Connections with other artists

Pupil of This field mentions the names of teachers or masters. What is at issue are the teachers who made a significant contribution to the development of a students, as opposed to every instructor they ever had. See also the 'Education' field.: Pécsi, József
1928-1930

Subjects This field specifies the various subject categories or genres that constitute the oeuvre of the artist in question. The contents of this field are generally based more on the documentation available at the RKD than on the literature.: history (genre), figure, portrait, child portrait, artist's portrait, architecture (genre), street photography, documentary photography, fashion photography, photojournalism
actief als huisfotografe van feministische beweging Dolle Mina (Sinderen 2002)

Prijzen

Annie Romeinprijs
1985
Oeuvreprijs Fonds voor beeldende kunsten, vormgeving en bouwkunst
1994
Erich-Salomonprijs
1999

Member of

Bond van Kunstenaars ter Verdediging van de Kulturele Rechten (BKVK)
Vereeniging voor Ambachts- en Nijverheidskunst (VANK)
GKf beroepsvereniging van fotografen
in 1945 medeoprichter afdeling fotografie van GKf
Vereeniging van Arbeidersfotografen (VAF)
vanaf ca.1933

Literature

Literature in RKDLibrary: 11 hits in RKDlibrary as subject
1 hit in RKDlibrary as author

Leijerzapf et al. 1984- , vol. 1 (aflevering 5 Geschiedenis Nederlandse Fotografie) (as: Besnyö, Eva)
Jacobs 1993 , vol. 1, p. 95
Koetzle 2002 , p. 48-49 (as: Eva Besnyö)
Van Sinderen et al. 2002 , p. 42-43 (as: Besnyö, Eva)
Beckers/Moortgat 2011

N.J. Brederoo, Charley Toorop. Leven en Werken, Utrecht 1982, p. 10 en passim
M. Groot, 'Vrouwen in de vormgeving 1880-1940', Rotterdam 2007
Foto's voor de stad, Amsterdam, 1977 (+Z) (NFM)
Foto, 1989, i. 12, p. 43 (NFM)
Fotografie in Nederland 1920-1940 (1979) Biografie p. 145 (NFM)
Leijerzapf, Ingeborg Th. (ed.): Roots and Turns; 20th Century Photography in the Netherlands (tent.cat. Houston, 1988) (NFM)
Kousbroek, Rudy: 66 Zelfportretten van Nederlandse Fotografen (1988) (NFM)
Geschiedenis van de Ned. Architectuurfotografie (1989) (NFM)
Leijerzapf, Ingeborg Th.: Het beslissende beeld (1991) (NFM)
Thijsen, M.: Het bedrijfsfotoboek 1945-1965 (2002) (NFM)
Leijerzapf, I. / Doris Wintgens Hötte: Foto's van vijftig (2003) (NFM)
R. van Bragt, ''Een cineac van beeldende kunsten'. Frits Spanjaard, Eva Besnyö en het s.s. Nieuw Amsterdam', RKD Bulletin 2012, nr. 2, p. 10-13

Documentatie fotocollectie Universiteitsbibliotheek Leiden
www.jhm.nl/tentoonstellingen.aspx?ID=126 (januari 2008)

Documentation RKD

This field specifies the location of the various RKD documentation materials. Most of the locations refer to our art-historical image documentation. In addition, you will find references to press documentation (clippings and short articles) here.

Samenwerking W. Brusse met E. Besnyö, zie MHK/toegepaste grafiek op: Brusse, W.
MHK/Ned./Kunstenaarsportretten op: Rädecker, John

Archive location: archief Frits Spanjaard
archief W. Jos de Gruyter
Project: photografic artist portraits en studio photo's

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Creation date: 1997-05-13; Last modified date: 2023-05-16

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