‘painting’
The Estate of Lajos Tihanyi
Lajos Tihanyi (1885–1938), one of the leading figures of modern Hungarian painting, died in Paris in 1938. His personal belongings, letters, and works of art that were left behind in his Paris studio were taken by his friends—Brassaï (Gyula Halász), the photographer, Jacques de la Frégonnière, and Ervin Preiss Marton—who divided Tihanyi’s entire estate among themselves and kept it in their studios and apartments for decades. Over the years, they always agreed that it …
Document Bundle of the Artists' Circle of Rottenbiller Street
… to family photographs and artwork reproductions, Gyula Kozák’s photographs of Endre Bálint’s paintings from Paris, are particularly significant from an art historical viewpoint. The personal documents are supplemented by catalogues, invitations, studies and press materials relating to the artists associated with the European School and Rottenbiller Street. /Judit Radák/
Gyula Derkovits Fonds
… 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 correspondence about him with others. Some of the letters preserved in the artist’s archives relate to the purchase of artworks (e.g. a handwritten letter from Ferenc Hatvany and a letter of thanks by Elek Petrovics for the Dózsa woodcut series). The documents also contain written remembrances of Gyula …
Documents of the National Picture Gallery (Országos Képtár)
… details about the life and times of the first Hungarian public museum, such as, for instance, what paintings were acquired and how; what rules the institution had; who the staff were; what was restored and how. Copying diaries from 1844 to 1869 are also regarded as important documents; they record which paintings were copied by who and when. As there was no academy of fine arts in Hungary in the nineteenth century, one of the basic tasks of the Hungarian National Museum was to provide …
Postcards of Judit Reigl
… a French chateau in Saint Germain-en-Laye with a series of frescoes. When necessary, they took to painting fairground scenery in Roanne. Then a commission for prehistoric frescoes in Souillac took them to Lascaux, where they were fascinated by the prehistoric cave paintings. Later, Reigl gradually began to exhibit and sell her paintings. She also sent some of her small paintings home to her parents so they could sell them, along with some magazines and, of course, some essential items such as …