Tamás Szecskó
, 1925 - 1987
Szecskó Tamás (1925–1987), a Hungarian graphic designer, illustrator and painter, was born in Budapest, where he later studied art history and drawing at the Hungarian University of Fine Arts MKE (Magyar Képzőművészeti Egyetem) under the direction of Róbert Berény, a famous Hungarian painter, one of the avant-garde group A Nyolcak [The Eight]. The young student’s drawings were first published when he was 15. He later worked for the journal Új Idők [New Times], drew advertising graphics and made slide films. He started as an illustrator in Singer and Wolfner Publishing House and later illustrated many books for Móra Könyvkiadó and Tankönyvkiadó Vállalat publishers, including textbooks. His drawing style was mainly expressed by black and white ink lines, but there were coloured illustrations as well. He illustrated books for Hungarian and foreign writers, including Lewis Carrol, Jules Verne, Arkady Gaidar, Carlo Collodi and Karl May. Altogether, his oeuvre includes about 500 books illustrated during his life. As a slide illustrator he drew Csipkerózsika [Sleeping Beauty] and Moby Dick a fehér bálna [Moby Dick the White Whale]. He also nurtured, in his son, an interest in graphic work, Péter Szecskó, who became an illustrator, graphic artist and painter, precisely like his father.
Source:
Wikipedia (accessed: June 17, 2022),
Goodreaders (accessed: June 17, 2022),
ieas-szeged.hu (accessed: June 17, 2022).
Bio prepared by Marta Pszczolińska, University of Warsaw, m.pszczolinska@al.uw.edu.pl
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