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Sándor (Alexander) Bortnyik

Sándor (Alexander) Bortnyik

Artist

WA-00026319

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None documented

1

Institutional Exhibitions

18

Works in Collection

36

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WikidataQ562814 ULAN500026527

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Contrasts of Form: Geometric Abstract Art, 1910�1980

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1985–1986

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About

Why this artist matters now

Sándor Bortnyik was a Hungarian painter and graphic designer who synthesized Constructivism and Bauhaus principles through bold geometric abstraction and dynamic color. Working across easel painting, poster design, and typography in Budapest and Berlin during the interwar period, he developed a distinctive visual language that prioritized clarity and communication. His practice established him as a pivotal figure in Central European modernism, bridging fine art and commercial design with equal formal rigor.

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Museum of Modern ArtNew York

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Artworks (18)

Magyar Rádió Amatör, vol. 2, no. 2

Magyar Rádió Amatör, vol. 2, no. 2

1927 · Book, lithograph printed

9 5/8 x 6 7/8" (24.5 x 17.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

A partok elindulnak (The Shores Heading Out)

A partok elindulnak (The Shores Heading Out)

1926 · Book with letterpress cover

page (each, approx.): 9 7/16 x 6 1/4" (24 x 15.8 cm); overall (closed): 9 7/16 x 6 5/16 x 1/4" (24 x 16 x 0.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Geometric Forms in Space

Geometric Forms in Space

1923 · Oil on canvas

18 1/4 x 23 5/8" (46.4 x 60 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Világanyám: összes versei. Elso könyv 1915 (The World, My Mother: Poems. First book 1915)

Világanyám: összes versei. Elso könyv 1915 (The World, My Mother: Poems. First book 1915)

1921 · Book with letterpress cover

page (each, approx.): 9 7/16 x 6 5/16" (24 x 16 cm); overall (closed): 9 1/2 x 6 9/16 x 1/2" (24.2 x 16.7 x 1.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Novelláskönyv. Válogatott novellák 1911–1919 (Short Storybook: Selected Short Stories 1911–1919)

Novelláskönyv. Válogatott novellák 1911–1919 (Short Storybook: Selected Short Stories 1911–1919)

1921 · Book with letterpress cover

page (each, approx.): 9 7/16 x 6 5/16" (24 x 16 cm); overall (closed): 9 1/2 x 6 9/16 x 1/4" (24.2 x 16.6 x 0.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Album MA

1921 · Series of six lithographs

composition (each): 9 7/8 × 7 1/4" (25.1 × 18.4 cm); sheet (each): 18 1/8 × 15 1/4" (46 × 38.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from Album MA

Untitled from Album MA

1921 · One from a series of six lithographs

composition: 98 13/16 × 7 1/4" (251 × 18.4 cm); sheet: 18 1/8 × 15 1/4" (46 × 38.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from Album MA

Untitled from Album MA

1921 · One from a series of six lithographs

composition: 9 7/8 × 7 1/4" (25.1 × 18.4 cm); sheet: 18 1/8 × 15 1/4" (46 × 38.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from Album MA

Untitled from Album MA

1921 · One from a series of six lithographs

composition: 9 7/8 × 7 1/4" (25.1 × 18.4 cm); sheet: 18 1/8 × 15 1/4" (46 × 38.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from Album MA

Untitled from Album MA

1921 · One from a series of six lithographs

composition: 9 7/8 × 7 1/4" (25.1 × 18.4 cm); sheet: 18 1/8 × 15 3/16" (46 × 38.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from Album MA

Untitled from Album MA

1921 · One from a series of six lithographs

composition: 9 7/8 × 7 1/4" (25.1 × 18.4 cm); sheet: 18 1/8 × 15 1/4" (46 × 38.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from Album MA

Untitled from Album MA

1921 · One from a series of six lithographs

composition: 9 7/8 × 7 1/4" (25.1 × 18.4 cm); sheet: 18 1/8 × 15 1/4" (46 × 38.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Pictoral Architecture 31

Pictoral Architecture 31

1921 · Watercolor on paper

10 1/4 x 8 1/2" (26 x 21.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Cover from Tragédiás figurák: regény (Tragic Figures: A Novel)

Cover from Tragédiás figurák: regény (Tragic Figures: A Novel)

1919 · One from an illustrated book with two linoleum cuts (including cover)

composition (irreg.): 7 11/16 × 4 13/16" (19.6 × 12.2 cm); overall (closed): 8 3/8 × 5 1/4 × 1/4" (21.2 × 13.3 × 0.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Frontispiece (page 6) from Tragédiás figurák: regény (Tragic Figures: A Novel)

1919 · One from an illustrated book with two linoleum cuts (including cover)

composition (irreg.): 6 × 4 3/16" (15.2 × 10.6 cm); page (each): 8 1/4 × 5 1/16" (21 × 12.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Tragédiás figurák: regény (Tragic Figures: A Novel)

Tragédiás figurák: regény (Tragic Figures: A Novel)

1919 · Illustrated book with two linoleum cuts (including cover)

page (each): 8 1/4 x 5 1/16" (21 x 12.8 cm); overall (closed): 8 3/8 x 5 1/4 x 1/4" (21.2 x 13.3 x 0.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Futurista expresszionista és kubista festészet (Futurist and Cubist Expressionist Painting)

Futurista expresszionista és kubista festészet (Futurist and Cubist Expressionist Painting)

1919 · Illustrated book with six linoleum cuts (including cover) and one woodcut

page (each): 9 7/16 x 6 1/8" (24 x 15.6 cm); overall (closed): 9 1/2 x 6 3/8 x 3/16" (24.1 x 16.2 x 0.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

MA VII - IK (Grafikai) Kiállitása (Poster for the 7th graphics exhibition of the Ma group, Budapest)

MA VII - IK (Grafikai) Kiállitása (Poster for the 7th graphics exhibition of the Ma group, Budapest)

1919 · Lithograph

37 3/8 x 24 13/16" (95 x 63 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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18 published of 36 catalogued · 34 with image

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Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

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Exhibitions and timeline

Group Exhibition Contrasts of Form: Geometric Abstract Art, 1910�1980

New York · 1985