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The Correspondence of József Rippl-Rónai
Primary source publications The publication of the correspondence of József Rippl-Rónai (1861-1927) is a long-standing debt of Hungarian art history. This publication of great academic importance, long awaited by those interested in modern Hungarian art, is prepared by KEMKI ADK in collaboration with renowned Rippl-Rónai experts. Our aim is to compile an exhaustive collection and publish every …
Imre Kiss
Digitalization Assistant (Technical Group) Imre Kiss is a graduate of the Photography Program of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Kaposvár, (2018). He worked as an exhibition coordinator at Mai Manó House and then at acb Gallery, where he was responsible for the background work for exhibitions and art fairs. In 2018, he was awarded a grant by the Association of Hungarian …
Daguerreotypes in the Collection of KEMKI ADK
Daguerreotype Series on Istvány Ferenczy's Works for the Matthias Rex Monument The series of daguerreotypes of the works of the sculptor István Ferenczy, made by Adolf Gola and preserved in the collection of the SZM - KEMKI ADK, recorded the effort attempt to erect the firsta Hungarian public monument for a Central-European national leader. The images therefore document an important phase in …
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 …
György Tóth: Portraits (1985–1991)
Rudolf Balogh Prize-winning photographer György Tóth is a prominent figure of contemporary Hungarian photography. Over the last thirty years his signature slow shutter studies of the human body in motion have been the central component of his oeuvre. Before the 1990s, Tóth was still engaged in documentary photography. Portraits 1985–1991 is an important series from this period in several …