György Kepes

Hungarian artist (1906–2001)
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György Kepes

Summary

György Kepes is a human[1]. His place of birth was Selyp[2]. He was born on +1906-10-04T00:00:00Z[3]. He passed away in Los Angeles[4]. He died on +2001-12-29T00:00:00Z[5]. He worked as a designer[6], painter[7], photographer[8], writer[9], and teacher[10]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (42 views/month, #7,259 of 1,000,298).[11]

Key Facts

  • György Kepes was born in Selyp[2].
  • György Kepes was born in Lőrinci[12].
  • György Kepes passed away in Los Angeles[4].
  • György Kepes passed away in Cambridge[13].
  • György Kepes was born on +1906-10-04T00:00:00Z[3].
  • György Kepes died on +2001-12-29T00:00:00Z[5].
  • György Kepes held citizenship in Hungary[14].
  • György Kepes held citizenship in United States[15].
  • György Kepes worked as a designer[6].
  • György Kepes worked as a painter[7].
  • György Kepes's professions included photographer[8].
  • György Kepes's professions included writer[9].
  • György Kepes's professions included teacher[10].
  • György Kepes worked as an art theorist[16].
  • György Kepes's field of work was visual arts[17].
  • György Kepes's field of work was painting[18].
  • György Kepes's field of work was art theory[19].
  • György Kepes's field of work was pedagogy[20].
  • Among György Kepes's employers was Brooklyn College[21].
  • György Kepes's education included a stint at Hungarian University of Fine Arts[22].
  • György Kepes received the Guggenheim Fellowship[23].
  • György Kepes received the Rome Prize[24].
  • György Kepes received the Eugene McDermott Award in the Arts at MIT[25].
  • György Kepes was a member of American Abstract Artists[26].
  • György Kepes was a member of American Academy of Arts and Letters[27].

Body

Origins and Family

Recorded place of birth include Selyp[2], a quarter[28], in Hungary[29] and Lőrinci[12], a town in Hungary[30], in Hungary[31]. György Kepes was born on +1906-10-04T00:00:00Z[3].

Education

György Kepes's education included a stint at Hungarian University of Fine Arts[22].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include designer[6], painter[7], photographer[8], writer[9], teacher[10], and art theorist[16]. Fields of work include visual arts[17], a type of arts[32]; painting[18], a method[33]; art theory[19], an academic major[34]; and pedagogy[20], a branch of science[35]. György Kepes was employed by Brooklyn College[21].

Recognition

Awards received include Guggenheim Fellowship[23], a fellowship grant[36], in United States[37], founded in 1925[38]; Rome Prize[24], an art prize[39], in United States[40]; and Eugene McDermott Award in the Arts at MIT[25], an award[41], founded in 1974[42].

Death and Burial

György Kepes died on +2001-12-29T00:00:00Z[5]. Recorded place of death include Los Angeles[4], a charter city[43], in United States[44], founded in 1781[45] and Cambridge[13], a city in the United States[46], in United States[47], founded in 1630[48].

Why It Matters

György Kepes ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (42 views/month, #7,259 of 1,000,298).[11] He has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[49] He is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[50]

FAQs

Where was György Kepes born?

György Kepes's place of birth was Selyp[2].

Where did György Kepes die?

György Kepes died in Los Angeles[4].

What did György Kepes do for work?

György Kepes worked as designer[6], painter[7], photographer[8], writer[9], and teacher[10].

Where did György Kepes go to school?

György Kepes was educated at Hungarian University of Fine Arts[22].

What awards did György Kepes receive?

Honors received include Guggenheim Fellowship[23], Rome Prize[24], and Eugene McDermott Award in the Arts at MIT[25].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [12] . San Francisco Museum of Modern Art online collection. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [13] . San Francisco Museum of Modern Art online collection. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [14] . LIBRIS. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [15] . LIBRIS. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [22] . doktori.mke.hu. doktori.mke.hu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [17] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [18] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [19] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [20] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [6] . The Fine Art Archive. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [7] . The Fine Art Archive. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [8] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [9] . The Fine Art Archive. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [10] . The Fine Art Archive. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [16] . The Fine Art Archive. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [21] . wikidata.org.
  19. [23] . Guggenheim Fellows database. wikidata.org.
  20. [24] . wikidata.org.
  21. [25] . arts.mit.edu. Retrieved . arts.mit.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [26] . americanabstractartists.org. Retrieved . americanabstractartists.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [27] . wikidata.org.
  24. [3] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [5] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [43] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [44] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [45] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [46] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [47] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [48] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  14. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  15. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  16. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  17. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  18. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  19. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  20. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  21. [42] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [11] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [49] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [50] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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