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Sándor Bortnyik

Sándor Bortnyik, Hungarian painter and graphic designer (died 1976)

Born
July 3, 1893
Died
December 31, 1976
Zodiac sign
Cancer
Birth year
1893

About Sándor Bortnyik

Sándor Bortnyik was a Hungarian painter and graphic designer. His work was greatly influenced by Cubism, Expressionism and Constructivism. Bortnyik is well known for his commercial posters. When he moved back to Hungary he founded an art school (Workshop) in Budapest, where he followed Bauhaus principles.

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The world when Sándor Bortnyik was born

Sándor Bortnyik was born in 1893. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineWorld's Columbian Exposition in Chicago
  • Technology milestoneFirst Ferris wheel debuts at Chicago World's Fair
  • Notable inventionFerris wheel (264 feet tall)
  • World population~1.53B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderGrover Cleveland
  • U.S. population66.0M

1893 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Sándor Bortnyik's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure18932026
Population66.0M341 million

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