Gellér Katalin - Magyarok a Julian Akadémián

Katalin Gellér's writing deals with a short but very significant period in the history of modern Hungarian art. In the 1890s, in Paris, it presents the student years, struggles and experiences of Hungarian artists working at the Julian Academy, which became extremely popular thanks to its world-famous students. To mention only a few well-known names: József Rippl-Rónai, István Csók, János Vaszary, Lajos Kunffy, and Károly Ferenczy, Béla Iványi Grünwald, István Réti and János Thorma, who were among the founding masters of the Nagybánya artist colony that started the Hungarian painting revival, also studied in Paris during this period. By comparing the memoirs, diaries, and letters of Hungarian artists, we can learn about the structure, operation, teachers and teaching methods of the Julian Academy, as well as the struggles and fun of the painting students, the happy and sad events of the "bohemian life". In addition to Hungarian painters and sculptors, there is also mention of many later well-known French, English, American, Austrian, Finnish and German student artists. his entertaining writing, also an introduction to the artistic issues of the period, which has not been mentioned in any study dealing with the subject, and his name was not even included in the register of the Julian Academy.

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Art history
130 pages
Knitting: soft
ISBN: 9789634142010
Author: Katalin Geller
Year of publication: 2017