This year, the book discusses the history of the 125-year-old artist colony and the oeuvre of its significant creators, which is one of the most important source works of art history in 19th-20th century Hungarian art.
The jubilee edition of István Réti's book entitled The Nagybánya Artists 'Colony was supported by the Hungarian Academy of Arts in 2021 for the 125th anniversary of the establishment of the artists' colony.

István Réti
THE NAGYBÁNYA ART COLLEGE
The book of István Réti, The Art Colony of Nagybánya, 19-20. century Hungarian
one of the most significant intellectual, conceptual, stylistic movements of art
discusses its history and presents the shape and work of its participants, the era
is one of his most important works of art history. Against who
he himself is a member of the first, founding generation of the Nagybánya Festokolony
was not only a participant but also one of the initiators, his education,
wide vision, sensitivity to history and art history,
and last but not least, it is the writing vein of the chronicle of the movement, and of some theory
predestined for its role.
The book was published in 1954, only nine years after Réti's death
Fund Publishing Company. The political of that time, the art of politics
However, in some circumstances, it could only be issued with compromises:
omitted from the manuscript any text that refers to the two world wars
and in the discussion of historical events of the intervening period, or Meadow
about the aesthetic conception of art, or about the living conditions in Nagybánya
found to be undesirable and undisclosed.
You can enjoy the full text of István Réti's work in this edition
the reader. The author wrote it in the Repository of the Hungarian National Gallery
The manuscript was treated as a source text that modern Hungarian
this indispensable source work of art history in its entirety
boil it to professionals and the public.
Géza Csorba
The purpose of my writing is to save the facts from oblivion and the art of Baia Mare
to establish the concept and significance of the object in an objective way ...
I have, of course, tried to analyze and evaluate the sign of facts and people
to be objective without the ethical and spiritual essence of talent
to be indifferent to its essence and not to lose the unity of attitude
in the forest of memories. I avoided over-praise as well as over-criticism,
I tried to measure the living and the dead equally. Write the truth and
it was my right to remain guided, and to the best of my knowledge, I did not deviate from that
el. (Excerpts from the Preface)
István Réti