Istvan banyai biography
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Istvan banyai biography
Istvan Banyai
Biography
Born of modest means in the suburbs of Budapest, Hungary in 1949, Istvan Banyai revealed his artistic temperament at an early age, and his nascent gifts were developed with the help of supportive teachers as he moved through his middle and high school years.
He went on to study art at Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design in Budapest, where he was trained in architecture, graphic design, and illustrative drawing. During this period, Banyai was exposed to, and became a fan of, visual innovators like French illustrators Roland Topor and Jean-Michel Folon, American cartoonist and animator Winsor McCay, and cutting-edge Belgian illustrator Tomi Ungerer.
Shortly after graduating from Moholy-Nagy University in 1973, Banyai began working as a graphic designer, creating imagery for advertisements, record albums, and movie posters at a time when The People’s Republic of Hungary was under a Communist regime.
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