Gunther Gerzso

Gunther Gerzso (June 17, 1915 – April 21, 2000) was a Mexican painter, designer and director and screenwriter for film and theatre.

Biography

Gerzso was born in Mexico City,^[1] in the times of the Revolution. His parents were Oscar Gerzso (Hungarian: Gerzsó Oszkár), a Hungarian immigrant, and Dore Wendland, German by birth. After his father's death a few months after Gunther was born, his mother married a German jeweler. The economic crisis during the revolution caused the family to flee to Europe in 1922. The family returned to Mexico two years later and her mother divorced. Not being able to provide for the children,^{[citation needed]} she sent Gunther to Lugano, Switzerland to live with his uncle Dr. Hans Wendland, who was an influential name in the art world.^[1] Gunther, then a teenager, met Paul Klee^[1] and lived among his uncle's collection of paintings which included works by Pierre Bonnard, Rembrandt, Paul Cézanne, Eugène Delacroix and Titian. During his time in Lugano, he also met Nando Tamberlani,^[1] noted set designer who would introduce him to the world of theater.

In 1931, due to the impact of the

Gunther Gerzso was awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship in 1973^[1] and later in 1978 he was the recipient of the Premio Nacional de Bellas Artes. Gunther Gerzso died on April 21, 2000.

Selected filmography

• A Family Like Many Others (1949)
• Confessions of a Taxi Driver (1949)
• The Magician (1949)
• They Say I'm a Communist (1951)
• The Atomic Fireman (1952)
• The Photographer (1953)
• The Price of Living (1954)
• The River and Death (1955)
• To the Four Winds (1955)
• The King of Mexico (1956)
• El ataúd del Vampiro (1958)
• Sonatas (1959)

References

• Artspawn. "Biography of Gunther Gerzso", Biographical information about Gunther Gerzso on Artspawn.

External links

• Gunther Gerzso at
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