Mehemed fehmy agha wiki

Russian-born Turkish designer and art director

Dr. Mehemed Fehmy Agha (Mykolayiv, March 11, 1896 - Pennsylvania, May 1978) was a Russian-born Turkish designer, art director, and pioneer of modern American publishing. He was instrumental in defining the role of the magazine art director and delivering the full force of European avant garde experimentation to the pages of Vogue, Vanity Fair, and House & Garden, the Condé Nast publishing company's flagship magazines in the United States.

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Early life and education

Agha was born in the Russian Empire (now Ukraine) to parents Yossouf Agha and Anna Khoroz^[2] into a family of Turkish descent. He obtained an economics degree at the Emperor Peter the Great Polytechnic Institute in Kiev and a special degree from the National School of Modern Oriental Languages in Paris.^[3] Agha then started furthering his skills in the arts, specifically photography, typography,