Zoltan Sepeshy
An internationally known master of egg tempera who led Cranbrook Academy for two decades.
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Sepeshy was born in Kassa, Hungary, trained in Budapest and Vienna, and came to the United States in 1921. He arrived at Cranbrook in 1931 and directed its painting department for about 15 years.
He became director of the Academy in 1946, with the title later changed to president, and served until 1966. He wrote Tempera Painting (1946), and his work is associated with American scene painting and regionalism.