Heves megyei aprónyomtatványok 19/H
Q S/<’ fuu/ntew t/ie x/eál flaw life Lipót Herman might have been the most popular figure of our century’s artistic life. His contemporaries respected him as a witness to the cultural-historical events of the 20th century. He was envied by other artists for his encyclopaedic amount of experience. - as written by Gábor Pogány Ö. He is an everlasting artist because his legacy is filled with a joyful and human spirit. Not many people know that for almost 70 years he kept a diary of drawings and texts about his experiences, and this diary amounts to many books. He was a highly cultured intellectual who has done a lot for Hungarian Art. He participated in the founding of the Kecskemét artist colony, became a leader of the circle of war painters and organised many tables. He took an important part in the founding of the Szinyei Society. He worked as the secretary under István Csók ‘s presidency for years. Lipót Herman bequeathed a life work to us that is enormous both in amount and artistic sense. An abundance of paintings and drawings prove his rich artistic life. Many of his works are privately owned and various Hungarian and foreign collections pride themselves with his paintings and drawings. He was considered an excellent portrait painter; the vast number of pictures made about his fellow artists are noteworthy. His landscapes and still-lives show a sensitive artistry. His figure compositions and mythological scenes are part of his artistic self-realization. András Rónai Mihály, an important art critic of the era writes the following about him: “Those Rubens-style
