Gyorgy Ramusi

Depicts a portrait of Hungarian soldier Gyorgy Ramusi in Gross-Born Army Barracks, Germany. Tibor Binder served in the Hungarian Army Artillery, was captured by the Americans and held a POW in Romelly and Mailly-le-Camp, France. A collection of watercolour drawings and pencil sketches done by the artist of fellow captives in a prisoner-of-war camp in France when captured by the Americans whilst in the Hungarian Army during the Second World War. Artist. Tibor Binder was born in Kosice, Czechoslovakia, in 1923 to Hungarian parents. At the age of 15 he went to study at an arts school in Budapest. In 1944, during World War II, Binder joined the Hungarian Army artillery. The Americans captured his unit, making him a prisoner of war at Romilly and Mailly-le-camp in France. After the war, Binder attended the Academy of Creative Arts in Prague. In 1950 he migrated to Australia through the International Refugee Organisation. He later worked on the Snowy Mountains Scheme.