#nagybánya artists' colony

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Lajos Tihanyi (Hungarian, active in Paris, 1885-1938) • Self-Portrait • 1920

Lajos Tihanyi painted many self-portraits. Here is a selection:

Lajos Tihanyi was a Hungarian painter and lithographer who achieved international renown working outside his country, primarily in Paris, France. After emigrating in 1919, he never returned to Hungary, even on a visit.

Born in Budapest, as a young man, Tihanyi was part of the "Neoimpressionists" or "Neos", and later the influential avant-garde group of painters called The Eight (A Nyolcak), founded in 1909 in Hungary. They were experimenting with styles of Post-Impressionism and rejected the naturalism of the Nagybánya artists' colony. Their work is considered highly influential in establishing modernism in Hungary to 1918, when the First World War and revolution overtook the country.

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ERZSEBET KORB (1899-1925) - Hungarian painter. Alter Ego (1920) The daughter of a renowned architect, Erzsébet Korb studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Budapest under the supervision of István Réti, and then worked in the artists' colonies of Nagybánya and Gödöllö.

She was only 26 years old when she died suddenly of unknown reasons.

(Don Bryson publication)

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Elek Falus (Hungarian, 1884-1950), c. 1897

From Budapest Poster Gallery: “Falus was a graphic artist, illustrator and interior designer, active during the first half of the 20th century. He is famous for his book cover designs and illustrations. His Art Nouveau style was a combination of secessionist motives and elements of folk art. His illustrations and posters show folkloristic flower motives, as his book cover designs.Falus studied in Nagybánya and Budapest, and he spent lot of time abroad on field trips. After 1909 he published illustrations in the Nyugat, the main periodical of the modern Hungarian literature, he also designed the books of the famous journal.He ran the tapestry workshop at the artist colony of Kecskemét for a while.He often worked together with his good friend, Tibor Pólya. Along with Anna Lesznai, Falus is a main figure of the folkloristic Art Noveau tendency in the 1900’s and 1910’s.“

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Theatrical Scene (1923). János Vaszary (Hungarian, 1867-1939). Oil on canvas. Magyar Nemzeti Galéria.

Although Vaszary became involved with Simon Hollósy and the artists' colony in Nagybánya and developed an interest in Hungarian folk art, his primary influences would always be French. During World War I, he served as a correspondent on the Serbian front and his imagery became more dramatic but, after another visit to Paris, he returned to his Impressionist tendencies.

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Károly Ferenczy After studying painting in Paris in 1887 Hungarian native and artist Károly Ferenczy returned home and began working in a naturalistic style - he had been influenced by Jules Bastien-Lepage. Seeking more training Ferenczy took his young family to Munich in 1893 the art centre of Central and Eastern Europe. They lived there until 1896. It was here that Ferenczy encountered Simon Hollósy a Hungarian painter, not much older than he, who ran free classes that were open to new influences, unlike those at the 'Munich Academy'. Hollósy encouraged an appreciation of French painters and their techniques such as "en plein air" painting. Through Hollósy’s circle Ferenczy met young Hungarian artists István Réti and János Thorma and the men collaborated together. Returning to Hungary in 1896 Ferenczy joined Réti and Thorma at Nagybánya and together they persuaded Hollósy to relocate bringing his classes there. They founded an artists' colony in Nagybánya (today Baia Mare, Romania) where they taught and mentored many Hungarian artists. During the winter Ferenczy maintained a studio in Budapest a practice which continued throughout his career. #neonurchin #neonurchinblog #dedicatedtothethingswelove #suzyurchin #ollyurchin #art #music #photography #fashion #film #words #pictures #neon #urchin #olgafialka #valérferenczy #painter #béniferenczy #sculptor #noémiferenczy #tapestrymaster #simonhollósy #istvánréti #jánosthorma #nagybányaartistscolony #károlyferenczy https://www.instagram.com/p/CEY8YRuFM5o/?igshid=13xmdfg2nylym

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István Réti - Christmas Night of the Bohemians Abroad - 1893

István Réti (26 December 1872 – 17 January 1945) was a Hungarian painter, professor, art historian and leading member, as well as a founder and theoretician, of the Nagybánya artists' colony, located in what is present-day Baia Mare, Romania. In addition, he served as president of the Hungarian University of Fine Arts (1927-1931) and (1932-1935).

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Károly Ferenczy (Hungarian, 1862-1917), Autumn Hillside, early 1900s, oil on canvas, 70 x 95 cm, private collection

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Károly Ferenczy Károly Ferenczy's first exhibit in 1903 in Budapest marked his entry into making a living as an artist. In 1906 the painter was offered a teaching position at the ‘Hungarian Royal Drawing School’ (now the 'Hungarian University of Fine Arts'). He returned to Nagybánya in summers to teach becoming strongly associated with the artists’ colony there. Ferenczy’s studio paintings were most important to his art. He painted a traditional array of genres: nudes, still lives and the urban scenes of circus performers. Ferenczy is considered the "father of Hungarian impressionism and post-impressionism" and the "founder of modern Hungarian painting.” Catchy, huh?! In his later years Ferenczy subjects ranged from portraits, to nudes and Biblical scenes. Ferenczy was highly productive and he worked with a variety of materials. In November 2011 a major retrospective exhibition opened for six months at the 'Hungarian National Gallery' featuring nearly 150 paintings and 80 prints and drawings, together with about 50 documents (photographs, letters, catalogues and books) related to his art and life. It was the first major exhibit of his work in nearly a century. The works were drawn from private holdings as well as public collections. #neonurchin #neonurchinblog #dedicatedtothethingswelove #suzyurchin #ollyurchin #art #music #photography #fashion #film #words #pictures #neon #urchin #olgafialka #valérferenczy #painter #béniferenczy #sculptor #noémiferenczy #tapestrymaster #simonhollósy #istvánréti #jánosthorma #nagybányaartistscolony #károlyferenczy https://www.instagram.com/p/CEY8UdVli1Y/?igshid=vpaz7sk3ibxr

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János Thorma - The Martyrs of Arad (Sixth of October) - 1893-96

The Thirteen Martyrs of Arad (Hungarian: Aradi vértanúk) were the thirteen Hungarian rebel generals who were executed by the Austrian Empire on 6 October 1849 in the city of Arad, then part of the Kingdom of Hungary (now in Romania), after the Hungarian Revolution (1848–1849). The execution was ordered by the Austrian general Julius Jacob von Haynau.

János Thorma (24 April 1870 – 5 December 1937) was a Hungarian painter. A representative figure of the Nagybánya artists' colony, which started in 1896 at what is today Baia Mare, Romania, he moved through different styles. He shifted from the naturalism that was the aesthetic of the colony, to historical subjects, to romantic realism and to a Post-Impressionism style.

In 1896, on the occasion of the millennium of the Magyars' conquest of Pannonia, he presented his painting about The 13 Martyrs of Arad, Aradi vértanúk (The Martyrs of Arad), which gained him nationwide renown in Hungary. Many of his early works were large canvases on historical themes.

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Simon Hollósy (1857–1918) - Self-portrait - 1916

Simon Hollósy; (2 February 1857, Máramarossziget, now Sighetu Marmaţiei – 8 May 1918, Técső, now Tiachiv, now Ukraine) was a Hungarian painter. He was considered one of the greatest Hungarian representatives of 19th-century Naturalism and Realism. Hollósy was not highly productive as an artist and was more important as an influential teacher, who influenced the painters of the Nagybanya artists' colony. Together, they were significant in late nineteenth and early twentieth-century Hungarian art. In 1966 the Hungarian National Gallery had a major exhibition of the colony's work: The Art of Nagybánya. Centennial Exhibition in Celebration of the Artists' Colony in Nagybánya.

Simon Hollósy was born in 1857 in Máramarossziget, Hungary (present-day Sighetu Marmaţiei, Romania). His parents were Armenians who had migrated to the area. He early expressed a talent and interest in art. As a young man, he went to Munich to study, as did many artists from Hungary because there was no academy of fine arts there. Hollósy criticized the training at the Munich Academy, which was strongly based on copying classical models. He founded a private school where he gave free classes, attracting young talents who were interested in realistic portrayal. He opened the way to new styles by relying on his personality and by pointing out the merits of French painters, such as Gustave Courbet, who exhibited in the city. He abandoned the academic style in order to follow new trends in French painting, including Impressionism. He also "admired Jules Breton, Jules Bastien-Lepage and read Zola, Murger, Tolstoy and Dostoevsky." He was more important as a teacher than a painter. His large-scale plan of Rákóczi March, never progressed much beyond sketches, as he kept changing his mind. His landscapes painted in Técső include Landscape in Técső, Landscape with Stacks and Sunset with Stacks, in which he applied elements of en plein air and Impressionism. His self-portrait (1916), held by the Hungarian National Gallery, is considered one of his most harrowing pictures. Encouraged by István Réti and János Thorma, his pupils and friends, Hollósy spent the summer of 1896 in Nagybánya (present-day Baia Mare, Romania) with his school. That is considered the founding of the Nagybánya artists' colony, of which the painter Károly Ferenczy was another important early member. The more rural location provided many chances for painting outdoors. These artists and their followers played an important role in introducing impressionism and post-impressionism to Hungarian painting. Hollósy soon settled down in Nagybánya. With its naturalistic style and emphasis on plein air techniques, his school determined much of Hungarian painting for decades. Hollósy left the Nagybánya colony in 1901. The following year, he began to spend the summers in Técső with those students who followed him. (It is now known as Tiachiv, Ukraine.) During the winters, Hollósy returned to Munich to run his school there.

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Simon Hollósy (1857–1918) - Zrínyi's Charge on the Turks from the Fortress of Szigetvár - 1896

The Zrinski family (Hungarian: Zrínyi ) was a Croatian-Hungarian noble family, influential during the period in history marked by the Ottoman wars in Europe in the Kingdom of Hungary and Croatia and in the later Austro-Hungarian Empire. Notable members of this family were Bans (viceroys) of Croatia, considered national heroes in both Croatia and Hungary, and were particularly celebrated during the period of romanticism; this movement was called Zrinijada in Croatian.

Simon Hollósy; (2 February 1857, Máramarossziget, now Sighetu Marmaţiei – 8 May 1918, Técső, now Tiachiv, now Ukraine) was a Hungarian painter. He was considered one of the greatest Hungarian representatives of 19th-century Naturalism and Realism. Hollósy was not highly productive as an artist and was more important as an influential teacher, who influenced the painters of the Nagybanya artists' colony. Together, they were significant in late nineteenth and early twentieth-century Hungarian art. In 1966 the Hungarian National Gallery had a major exhibition of the colony's work: The Art of Nagybánya. Centennial Exhibition in Celebration of the Artists' Colony in Nagybánya.