‘painting’
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 …
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 …