HE STUDIED AT THE BUDAPEST ACADEMIE OF FINE ARTS AND WENT TO FRANCE IN PARIS WHERE HE WORKED WITH THE ARTISTS OF THAT TIME LIKE PICASSO TIL 1937 BEFORE IMMIGRATING TO THE UNITED STATES,
ONCE SETTLED,HE BEGAN EXHIBITING HIS WORK IN PRESTIGIOUS SHOWS THROUGHOUT THE EAST COAST AND MIDWEST ;AT THE SOCIETY OF THE INDEPENDENT ARTISTS;THE MORGAN GALLERY IN NEW YORK; THE ART INSTITUT OF CHICAGO AMONG OTHERS,
THE WAR, OVER, HE WAS OFFERED AND STARTED TO WORK WITH " MONUMENT MEN " A PROGRAM TO LOCATING AND RETORING FINE ARTS ;AND ARCHIVES CONFISCATED ,OR STOLEN DURING THE WAR PERIOD THROUGHOUT EUROPE,
KORMENDI WORKED AE A CURATOR FOR THE GUGGENHEIMS MUSEUMS IN THE 1960.
HE DIED IN FALLSS CHURCH VIRGINIA IN 1971