Anton Prinner

Anton Prinner (1902 – 1983) was a Hungarian, naturalized French painter, engraver and sculptor.

From 1920 to 1924, Prinner studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts under Gyula Rudnay and János Vaszary.

[2] He began his constructivism period in 1932 and entered Stanley William Hayter's studio to study engraving.

His interest in Egypt inspired him to invent papyrogravure,[3] a technique for printmaking using cardboard instead of the unwieldy copper plates that were prevalent at the time.

During World War II, the artist Alexandre Heimovits [fr] took refuge during a time at Prinner's studio.