'VENEZIAI áRKáDOK' [VENETIAN ARCADE], CIRCA 1925

ANGELO STUDIED PAINTING AT THE ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS IN MUNICH IN 1912 AND LATER MOVED TO BERLIN WHERE HE BECAME INVOLVED WITH PHOTOGRAPHY. HE WORKED IN THE STUDIO OF THE PHOTOGRAPHER RUDOLF DHRKOOP IN HAMBURG AND LATER IN LONDON WITH HOPPé. HE OPENEND HIS OWN STUDIO IN BUDAPEST IN 1919. FROM 1920 TO 1938 HE WORKED IN THE NETHERLANDS, AFTER WHICH HE MOVED TO FRANCE, RETURNING TO HUNGARY TO TEACH IN 1939. FROM 1951-64 HE WORKED AT THE PHOTOGRAPHERS' COOPERATIVE IN BUDAPEST, AND WAS A FOUNDER OF THE ASSOCIATION OF ARTIST-PHOTOGRAPHERS IN 1956. HE IS ESPECIALLY KNOWN FOR HIS DREAMY, OFTEN MYSTERIOUS, PICTORIALIST IMAGES, FOR WHICH HE FREQUENTLY USED THE BROMOIL PROCESS.