Ervin Marton
Hungarian photographer (1912-1968) · Hungary · On the map · Artists · Died at 55
Ervin Marton was a Franco-Hungarian artist and photographer who became an integral part of the Paris art culture beginning in 1937.
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"Camus by Marton" - Cover photograph by Ervin Marton for André Nicolas, Une Philosophie de l'Existence, Albert Camus, Presses Universitaires de France, 1964.
"Interrupted Conversation, Place de la Bastille, Circa 1950" - Cover photograph by Ervin Marton on Routledge's 2018 English edition of Jean-Paul Sartre's L’Être et le Néant.Awards
About this person
An internationally recognized photographer, he is known for his portraits of many key figures in art, literature and the sciences working in Paris, as well as for his candid "street photography". His work was regularly exhibited in Paris during his lifetime, as well as in Budapest, London and Milan. It is held by the Hungarian National Gallery, the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris, and the Hungarian Museum of Photography, as well as by major corporations and private collectors in Europe and the United States.
