Imre Jakabffy (szerk.): Ars Decorativa 4. (Budapest, 1976)

IVÁNFY-BAL0GH, Sára - JAKABFFY, Imre: Géza R. Maróti

archaeology, the reconstruction plan about King Solomon's temple (Fig 11) and its legendary gold vessels sprung into existence. He arranged in London an exhibition of the Solomon's temple plans and the war drawings too. The British Museum had bough some pieces from that exhibited articles for its graphical collection.

11 He had another study-tour to Egypt and Greece, he exhibited in the U. S. A. the drawings and pastels he made there. From those drawings our Museum has a fine collection. After World War I Maróti was forced to give up his decoration study. Namely he was paying his workmen and their relatives during the whole war-time from his own and this generosity consumed all his money. In consequence of that he had to leave his family home full of cherished art treasures and to rest satisfied with a two roomed flat. In 1918 he had been charged with the task to execute two large-sized murals for the Csepel workers' club. Its design is in our Museum's possession (Fig. 12). The assembly hall of the Home of Culture at Csepel is adorned at the present time as well with those two compositions. As symbolic figure a robust man elevates the working class on a platform, his powerful insignia are the working tools and his throne the an vit. The human figures render homage to the labour with the international labour movement's red flag. The other mural shows a female figure in the centre with lyre in the hand, joyous children with garlands around — as a view of coming sonny future. The primary sources of culture are marked righthand by symbolic figures of the Greco-Roman mythology and lefthand those of the oriental one. 10. THE SEPULCHRAL MONUMENT OF GYÖRGY RATH (1911) 139