Prékopa Ágnes (szerk.): Ars Decorativa 31. (Budapest, 2017)
Zsuzsa MARGITTAL: La Fontaine’s Fables and Other Animal Tales in the Budapest Museum of Applied Arts’ Collection
18 T. 173-1921. Retrieved on 3 September 2016 from http://collections, vam. ac. uk/item/0121348/ handkerchief-'Unknown/. 19 Fables de La Fontaine illustrées par Benjamin Rabier. Paris, Jules Tallandier, s.a. Library inv. no. 10852. 20 La Fontaine: Fables choisies pour les enfants; ill. M.B. Monvel. Paris, Plon-Nourrit et Cie, s.a. Library inv. no. 4268. MonvePs endlessly charming episodic illustrations prefigured the modern world of comics. 21 Crane, Walter: The Baby’s Own Aesop; engr., printed by Edmund Evans. London, George Routledge, 1887. Library inv. no.1753. 22 Hardie, Martin: English Coloured Books. London, Methuen and Co., 1906 (hereinafter Hardie 1906), p. 274. As Hardie wrote, at first it was difficult for the publisher to imagine that a book could have value without gilding: ‘...Routledge laughed at the notion of ten thousand copies being printed, especially with no gold on the cover!’ 23 Crane, Walter: Of the Decorative Illustration of Books Old and New. London, George Bell and Sons, 1896 (hereinafter Crane 1896). A German language version of the book can be found in the Museum of Applied Arts’ library. Library inv. no. 2753. 24 Crane’s volume was acquired in 1899, and Monvel’s in 1909. The library’s acquisition records do not always contain dates, but the records for earlier and later items allow us to infer the date. On Walter Crane’s visit to Budapest in 1900 and the related museum acquisitions, see Gonda, Zsuzsa: ‘Walter Crane’s visit to Budapest in the context of museums’ acquisitions’, Ars Decorativa 20, 2001, pp. 15-31. On Walter Crane’s influence on contemporary Hungarian art, see Gellér, Katalin: ‘Walter Crane and Art Nouveau as a ‘Hungarian style’, Ars Decorativa 20, 2001, pp. 33-43. 25 There was a far greater response to this exhibition than to the one held five years earlier in the Exhibition Hall (Műcsarnok). 26 See, for example, Kálmán Rozsnyay’s text accompanied by a rich visual material: Rozsnyay, V.H. Kálmán: ‘Walter Crane.’ Magyar Iparművészet 1900, vol. 3, no. 4, pp. 155-171. 27 ‘Különfélék - Művészies gyermekképeskönyvek’ [Sundries - artistic picture books]. Magyar Iparművészet 1902, V. 2. 76, 81. Monvel’s other works in the collection: library inv. no. 4266: Widor, Charles-Marie: cVieilles chansons pour les petits enfants’; ill. M. B. De Monvel. Paris, Plon- Nourrit et Cie, 1907(?). 28 Made around 1920-1930. 29 Jaschik, Álmos: ‘A könyvillusztrálás művészete [The art of book illustrating]’ (bulletin 1). Könyvbarátok lapja 1, 1927, 1, pp. 35—41, and ‘A könyvillusztrálás művészete [The art of book illustrating]’ (bulletin 2). Könyvbarátok lapja 1, 1928, 2, pp. 133-138. For more on Álmos Jaschik’s graphic art, see Bakos, Katalin: ‘Jaschik Álmos, a grafikus [Álmos Jaschik: a graphic artist]’ pp. 105-140, p. 111. In: Bakos, Katalin et al.: Jaschik Álmos, a művész és pedagógus [Álmos Jaschik, the artist and the teacher]. Budapest, 2002. 30 Crane 1896, p. 156. 31 According to the inventory record of the Museum of Applied Arts’ library (see note 24). 32 Caldecott, Randolph: The Hey Diddle Diddle Picture Book\ engr., printed by Edmund Evans. London. Library inv. no. 1749. 33 Hardie 1906, p. 282. 34 Ray, Gordon Norton: The Illustrator and the Book in England from 1790 to 1914. New York, 1976, p. 149. 35 Blackburn, Henry: Randolph Caldecott. A Personal Memoir of His Early Art Career. New York, George Routledge & Sons, 1886 (hereinafter Blackburn 1886), p. 169. https:// archive, org/details/ caldecottpersonaOOblaciala. Caldecott’s drawing style was determined by the nature of not only his earlier commissions but by his thorough, although simple-looking lines. Hardie noted this characteristic of Caldecott’s work with respect to a series of studies depicting a fox, which were kept at the time in the South Kensington Museum. Hardie 1906, pp. 279-280. 36 Inv. no. 90.73.1-6. 53
