Csakany, Gabor – an introduction

Mr. Gabor Csakany, artist, born in Budapest, Hungary, now makes his home in Vancouver, BC. Mr. Csakany has had a long and and celebrated career in both fine and commerical art. Many awards and the respect of his peers later he continues to amaze with ever more wonderful works.

You may view Gabor’s Art Majeur Gallerywhere selected wokrs are offered for sale.  Please remember that it is the sales of artwork that supports these artists.  If you appreciate the work, consider owning the art yourself.

His Biography:

Born in Budapest Hungary.

Studied Fine Art from Contemporary Hungarian Masters such as Barna, Göllner, Somogyi and Rudovics. Rigorous early training helped him to lay the groundwork for Classical Drawing and Painting as well as Sculpting.

In the late fifties he emigrated to Toronto, Canada. He continued his Art Studies at the OCA. By the early sixties he became a successful Illustrator. He received professional recognition from the Art Director Clubs of Toronto, Montreal, New York and Los Angeles. Collecting many awards. Collaborated with such notables as Theo Dimson, Arnaud Maggs, Louis Fishauff and John Seebert.

In 1968 returned to Europe for a short time. Worked in Germany for Magazines such as TWEN and STERN. While in Germany he designed a Title Piece for LOOK Magazine’s now classic: Richard Avedon’s “ Beattles” Photo Collection. At TWEN he got to know the work of Heinz Adelman of “Yellow Submarine” fame. An Animated Feature Film about the “Beattles”. Fascinated by Animation, upon returning to Canada was working more and more in the Film Media.

Worked with top Animation Studios in Toronto such as CINERA, NELVANA, HANHO in Seoul, South Korea. Moved to Montreal, and worked with CRAYON Animation and CINE GROUP, until was offered a job in Vancouver, at the WALT DISNEY ANIMATION INC. as an Art Director and remained there until the company closed it’s doors in Canada.

He now lives in Vancouver and concentrates his Creative Energies on Paintings and the West Coast.

a gallery

Hungarian artists living ourside their native Hungary here, in the on-line gallery, if you are such an artist and would like to participate please email the keeper of the pages at:blogs@aletta.org

Licensing of images

The artists’ images/photos of him/herself and his/her work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, 543 Howard Street, 5th Floor, San Francisco, California, 94105, USA.