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The Béla Gruber Documents
Béla Gruber (1936–1963) was a prominent figure in a generation of painters that started out in the 1960s. During his short life he spent only a few years painting and yet he left behind more than a thousand works. Béla Gruber’s works can be found in numerous public collections and permanent exhibitions. He entrusted the care and estate of his paintings to his sister, Ágota Gruber Strakovitsné, …
From the Archive of the Lectorate for Fine and Applied Arts: Documents on Public Art
One of the most important areas of activity of the Lectorate of Fine and Applied Arts, founded in 1963, was the coordination, judging, and authorisation of community-oriented public artworks for public spaces and public institutions, using the state budget allocated for this purpose. The Lectorate appointed the artist whose public artwork would be permanently installed. It was also responsible …
Document Bundle of the Artists' Circle of Rottenbiller Street
In addition to being custodians of Lajos Vajda’s estate, we also have Vera Jakovits and Gyula Kozák to thank for preserving the documents of the artists’ circle of Rottenbiller Street, which are of great importance from an art historical and sociological perspective. The bundle of documents are mainly related to Vera Jakovits’ mother, Júlia Vajda (1913–1982), whose estate is also invaluable …
Gyula Derkovits Fonds
The collection of documents relating to the art of Gyula Derkovits (1894-1934) is rather diverse: manuscripts, printed materials, photographs, personal papers and relics provide an insight into the artist’s life and oeuvre. Among the manuscripts, some of Derkovits’s letters and a list of his paintings, drawings and etchings are of particular significance, as is the artist’s widow’s …
László Moholy-Nagy documents from Levente Nagy's collection
In 2015 and within the framework of the Art Treasure Depository Program, Magyar Nemzeti Bank(the central bank of Hungary) purchased from Levente Nagy, the artist’s nephew, a unique documentary collection pertaining to László Moholy-Nagy’s oeuvre. Following a mutual agreement with the bank and the owner, the entire collection was first transferred to the Documentation Department of the Museum …