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3 unusual facts about Constant Detré


Constant Detré

Constant Detré (Szilárd Eduard Diettmann) was born in Budapest (then a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire) on 2 January 1891, and died 10 April 1945 in Garnat-sur-Engièvre a village of central France (département of Allier).

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(A member of Detré's future wife's family, it was rumored, served as an "artistic advisor" in the government of Béla Kun) but if so, it was not by official decree.

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He was an artist who left his native Hungary for good in rather obscure circumstances following the repression against the Béla Kun government of 1919.



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