Katalin Gellér: The art colony of Gödöllő 1901-1920 (Gödöllő, 2001)

THE CULT OF THE CHILD AND CHILDREARING The didactic nature and moralizing overtones that sometimes characterized the works of the Gödöllő artists was unknown in their everyday life, and in their attitude to children. In the small society of the colony, children played an important role. Children took part in all the events of the adults, from excursions through concerts to fancy-dress parties. At various times, Laura Kriesch made series of little coloured drawings of these occasions in the manner of English illustrators of fairy-tales. Körösfői-Kriesch painted loving portraits of his children (Three Children. 1905; Dudu Drawing, 1913; Tamás is 111, 1916). Thoroezkai Wigand, Sándor Nagy, Mariska Undi designed suites of nursery furniture. A fairy tale, probably Ligetszépe [Beauty of the Grove], was elaborated in one of Rezső Mihaly's most splendid geometrically constructed, stylized wall tapestries. They also designed toys; Mariska Undi, who had a sizeable collection of toys, earned a prize for The Körösfói-Kriesch children: Margit. Aladár, Lajos. 1905 Aladár Székely: Aladár Körösfői-Kriesch with his family in 1912 Aladár Körösfói-Kriesch with his family. 1899