Ernő Kállai

Ernő Kállai (9 November 1890, Săcălaz- 28 November 1954, Budapest) was a Hungarian art critic who was involved in the promotion of and theorisation around Constructivism.^[1]

He encountered avant-garde art upon visiting the MA gallery of Lajos Kassák and soon contributed to MA under the pseudonym Péter Mátyás.

Following the suppression of the Hungarian Soviet Republic, Kállai went to Berlin but stayed in touch with other Hungarian refugees from the avant-garde art movement in Vienna.

In 1923 he co-wrote a manifesto with Alfréd Kemény, László Moholy-Nagy and László Péri.^[2]

References

^ Botar, Oliver (1984). "Ernő Kállai and the Hidden Face of Nature". Structurist (23/24): 77–82.
^ "Ernő Kállai's, Alfréd Kemény's, László Moholy-Nagy's, and László Péri's "Manifesto" (1923)". Modernist Architecture. Ross Wolfe. Retrieved 10 March 2019.

[EK_and_the_hidden_face-1] Botar, Oliver (1984). "Ernő Kállai and the Hidden Face of Nature". Structurist (23/24): 77–82.

[Manifesto-2] "Ernő Kállai's, Alfréd Kemény's, László Moholy-Nagy's, and László Péri's "Manifesto" (1923)". Modernist Architecture. Ross Wolfe. Retrieved 10 March 2019.

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v t e Constructivist art movement
Artists, architects, and theorists	Boris Arvatov Aleksei Gan Werner Graeff Ernő Kállai El Lissitzky Hans Richter Alexander Rodchenko Stenberg Brothers Alexander Vesnin
Groups and organisations	Constructivist International
Magazines and journals	Kino-Fot (1922-23) G (1923-1926)
Exhibitions	5x5=25, Moscow 1921 First Russian Art Exhibition, Berlin 1922
Related concepts	Figurative Constructivism Hungarian Activism Productivist art British Constructivists