Szilágyi András (szerk.): Ars Decorativa 25. (Budapest, 2007)

Piroska ÁCS: Kálmán Györgyi (1860-1930), Heart and Soul of the National Hungarian Applied Arts Association

arrangement and decoration of the 1903 exhibition was undertaken by the talented young artist Géza Maród, who also directed the work of implementation. The designer of the installations for the 1904 Christmas exhibition was the architect Aladár Arkay. The designing of the 1905 Christmas exhibition was entrusted to Miklós Menyhért, an instructor at the Budapest School of Design. The material that arrived in 1906 was arranged by the architects Béla Jánszky and Lajos Tátray. In 1908, the arrangement of the sixteen rooms was a tribute to the good taste of Béla Vas.

20 The main reason for this was that for fire safety reasons the Museum no longer allowed the construction of rooms made using flammable materials. Despite every effort, the Association was unable to find other suitable premises and was therefore obliged to discontinue its exhibitions.

21 For the history of the old Hall of Exhibitions on Budapest’s Andrássy út, Magyar Iparművészet 1923, p. 30 and idem 1924, p. 20.

22 Its forerunner was the periodical Művészi Ipar [‘Artistic Crafts’], published between 1885 and 1894.

23 ‘Emlékezés Györgyi Kálmánra. (Az O.M. Iparművészeti Társulat Elnöksége)’ [Remembering Kálmán Gyöngyi (Presidium of the National Hungarian Applied Arts Association)]. In: Magyar Iparművészet 1940, p. 12.

24 Györgyi, Kálmán: ‘Magyaros ízlés’ [Hungarian Taste], Magyar Iparművészet 1929, p. 186.

25 The material was exhibited at the Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest in 1929. For information on this, see ‘Népies hímzések kiállítása’ [An Exhibition of Folk Embroidery]. Magyar Iparművészet 1929, p. 27. In the identification of textiles kept at the Museum of Applied Arts, assistance was given to me by Lilla Erdei. These are bed sheet edges, antependia,

curtains, and aprons. Inv. nos.: 17.412, 17.421-422, 17.424-428, 17.430-450, 17.504, 17.508,

17.513-514, 17.519-520, 17.524, 17.534, 17. 538, 17.541-580, 17.588, 17.590.

26 For more on the work of the organisation, see Sinkó, Katalin: ‘A Szent György céhről’ [The Guild of St. George], Műgyűjtő 1973, pp. 9-10.

27 Györgyi, Dénes: ‘Két nemzedék között’ [Between Two Generations]. Magyar Iparművészet 1935, p. 22.

28 ‘Emlékezés Györgyi Kálmánra. (Az O.M. Iparművészeti Társulat Elnöksége)’ [Remembering Kálmán Györgyi (Presidium of the National Hungarian Applied Arts Association)]. Magyar Iparművészet 1940, p. 12. The work mentioned in the quotation is: A magyaros ízlés. Szemelvények a magyar háziipar, népművészet és iparművészet formakincséből [Hungarian Taste. Selected Passages on the Stock of Forms Used in Hungarian Handicrafts, Folk Art and Applied Art]. Compiled by Elemér Czakó and Kálmán Györgyi. Budapest, 1929. On the publication, see Györgyi, Kálmán: ‘Magyaros ízlés’ [Hungarian Taste]. Magyar Iparművészet 1929, pp. 184-187.

29 His white marble tomb was designed by his son Dénes Györgyi.

30 The Kálmán Györgyi Memorial Exhibition was staged by the National Hungarian Applied Arts Association in the Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest from May to August 1934. It covered the fields of graphic art, photography, small sculptures, and goldsmith’s work. The exhibition was organised by Dénes Györgyi.

31 Dr. Czakó, Elemér: ‘Ráth - Radisics - Györgyi (A magyar iparművészet újjászervezői)’ [Ráth, Radisics and Györgyi: Reorganisers of Hungarian Applied Arts]. Magyar Iparművészet 1935, p. 7.

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