Twentieth Century Art

Fülszöveg

This newest addition to the series on the holdings of the Budapest Museum of Fine Arts presents a selection of its twentiethcentury art collection, the most recent among the museum 's holdings. The collection owes its existence in part to the efforts of the authors, the recently deceased Dénes Pataky, who was the head of the Department of Modern Art, and his successor, Krisztina Passuth, who finished this book. In the introduction the authors teli us about the history of the twentieth-century collection, including the role of the priváté collectors and artists, Victor Vasarely among them, who ha ve contributed to it, and relate the difnculties involved in obtaining the most recent acquisitions. In contrast to the previous volumes in the series, the 48 plates of this book contain not only reproductions of panel paintings, but of graphics, photographs, reliefs and sculptures as wTell. This approach mirrors the nature of the collection which, in accordance with contemporary art, no... Tovább

Fülszöveg

This newest addition to the series on the holdings of the Budapest Museum of Fine Arts presents a selection of its twentiethcentury art collection, the most recent among the museum 's holdings. The collection owes its existence in part to the efforts of the authors, the recently deceased Dénes Pataky, who was the head of the Department of Modern Art, and his successor, Krisztina Passuth, who finished this book. In the introduction the authors teli us about the history of the twentieth-century collection, including the role of the priváté collectors and artists, Victor Vasarely among them, who ha ve contributed to it, and relate the difnculties involved in obtaining the most recent acquisitions. In contrast to the previous volumes in the series, the 48 plates of this book contain not only reproductions of panel paintings, but of graphics, photographs, reliefs and sculptures as wTell. This approach mirrors the nature of the collection which, in accordance with contemporary art, no longer draws sharp distinction between the various genres. The collection includes the works of such artists as Picasso, Schiele, Kokoschka, Chagall, Csáky, Sonia Delaunay, Schwitters, Albers, Le Corbusier, Guttuso, Béothy, Hajdú, Kepes, and Vasarely. In selecting the plates, preference was given to those works in the museum's collection of foreign art which were made by Hungárián artists. The texts on the works and artists which accompany the plates were written by Krisztina Passuth. Vissza