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Etienne Hajdu (Turda, Romania, 1907 - Paris, 1996) Hungarian born in Romania and naturalized French in 1930 arrived in Paris in 1927 where he had a classical training in sculpture and drawing with Bourdelle in the Grande Chaumière Academy. At the same time however he showed an interest in contemporary art, with special admiration for Léger and Brancusi. In the 30s he started his own formal figurative and abstract research and enhanced his knowledge of the materials which he would use in his sculptures.

Etienne Hajdu was very close to Arpad Scenes and Vieira da Silva, a friendship which began in 1930 when the couple frequented the surrealist youth group Les Amis du Monde, of which Hajdu was a member.