Student years of the Spanish photographer Nicolas Muller (Miklós Müller) at the University of Szeged
Student years of the Spanish photographer Nicolas Muller (Miklós Müller) at the University of Szeged

Summary/Abstract: During my research, I compared Miklós Müller’s recollection called „Életem” (My Life), and the artist’s memories from life interviews with the historical and legal background, contemporary primary sources, articles, statistics, official reports of the university, examining the events of the 1930s from an objective and subjective point of view. Miklós Müller (1913-2000), who later became one of the most well-known socio-photographers of the 20th century in Spain (as Nicolas Muller), had been a law student at the University of Szeged between 1931 and 1936. During this period, the Szegedi Fiatalok Művészeti Kollégiuma (Szeged Youth College of Art), which was an artistic and scientific group, was also operating in Szeged, and it was composed of Jewish, Catholic, and Reformed students. It was an example of successful co-existence and common creation. The group also dealt with regional research, this was when Müller became a real socio-photographer. In 1938, after the Anschluss, he left the country and first lived in Paris, then moved to Tanger via Lisbon. He received several state assignments to make Spanish albums, his photos have been exhibited in many major cities around the world. In his hometown, a museum was named after him.

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