Lengyel László (szerk.): Devóció és dekoráció - 18. és 19. századi korolstormunkák Magyarországon - Studia Agriensia 7. (Eger, 1987)
Summary
the one who can comprehend these objects — although enjoying them less - vili gather a lot from them. This is the rustic poetry of the “enclosed garden”’s nostalgia, the peaceful nest. I must admit that the programme which emerges here in this exhibition by the Museums of Eger and Miskolc can also lead further. We have been planning for year to bring about such an exhibition that displays Hungarian non-professional art works up until the 19th century. The line from the Palatine Pál Esterházy, with Ferenc Rákóczi II and his contemporaries until the non-professional nobles and citizens of the 19th century would be long enough, but the critical and precise collection of the works is still a long enough work. Thus we must see that the Museum of Eger and Miskolc precede us with this paralell line of work succesfully. I cannot omit an acknowledgement due to the consequence of this friendly concurrent venture. As a scientific venture, the exhibition grew out of that work and viewpoint which was pioneered in Hungary by the Szeged professor Sándor Bálint. The collection of Zoltán Szilárdfy who was Sándor Bálint's pupil and scientific disciple — and probably whose is the biggest collection in the country — came here to the Museum of Eger and constitutes the basis of the increasing capital of this exhibition. Thus a broader connection appears with the Franz Liszt Museum in Sopron, the Christian Museum in Esztergom and other collections of such material. The collection of Gábor Szendrei and Miklós Leopold were seen for the first time in this exhibition. Thus this show has a local basis and it would not be half so good without its scientific research and pictorial catalogue. This also appears with the success which is counted on both at home and abroad. We are the members of a new and different type of generation which is living in Hungary today, than János László Pyrker, the animated Eger patriot was in the past, but this exhibition can contribute to his plan that Eger be a kind of “Hungarian Athens”. MIKLÓS MOJZER 132
