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János Major

János Major [https://www.janos-major.com/cv] (Budapest, May 8, 1934 – June 12, 2008) was a Hungarian graphic artist, painter and photographer from Budapest. He was born as Janos Neufeld to a Jewish family in Budapest.

From 1947 to 1950, he attended a private school, and later, a High School for Fine and Applied Arts. In 1950, his mother married Bela Major, which made him and his sister adopt the name Major as their last name. Upon high school graduation, he got accepted to the Academy of Fine Arts in Budapest where he studied graphic reproduction: etching, lithography, and woodcut under Karoly Koffan. His diploma work in 1959 was etchings of women workers at an electronics factory. He married and later divorced, Eva Buchmuller. He is survived by their two daughters, Rebecca and Borbala Major. Provided by Wikipedia