Szemethy, Imre

Biography

Imre Szemethy graphic artist was born in 1945 in Budapest. He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in 1971, where his teachers were Jenő Barcsay, Sándor Ék, Géza Fónyi. Between 1972 and 1975 he got Derkovits scholarship, but he was awarded with several prizes (for example the Mihály Munkácsy award in 1977, he became merited artist in 1986 and outstanding artist in 2005), and he was the winner of numerous biennials.

In the 1970s he created in a peculiar ironic, absurd and surreal style, using densely scattered fragments in the image space. In the late 1980s he reduced the number of his motifs and, at the same time, his expression became more detailing. In the 1990s his artistic style was more abstract and surreal. In all fields of graphics reproductions (engraving, screen printing, linocut, etc.) he represent himself, and his scoring method prepared ink drawings are also remarkable. Next to the reproduction graphics, book illustration he makes video animation movies as well.