‘personal object’
Collection of Artist Relics
… Relics related to Hungarian artists make up a special part of the collection. Collecting objects linked to famous people and national heroes was an important element of Hungarian museum acquisition from the nineteenth century onwards. Prominent artists were surrounded by a veritable cult; elegant receptions and ceremonies were organised for them, and their funerals were held with great pomp, attracting huge crowds. Later, anniversary commemorations were regularly held to honour their …
The Estate of 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, the photographer (Gyula Halász), 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 should eventually end up in a place …
The Endre Tót Archives
… and his work in the studio. In connection to this, written correspondence served as the specific, personally controlled form of communication, with the post office serving as the official/institutional protocol around it. This material—which could be classified as both documents and artefacts (mostly written in English, with a significant part in German and Hungarian, and a minor part in French)—makes up around eighty percent of the archive. It reflects internal connections and records of …