Gosztonyi Ferenc - Király Erzsébet - Szücs György szerk.: A Magyar Nemzeti Galéria Évkönyve 2002-2004. 24/9 (MNG Budapest, 2005)

STUDIES - Éva Bajkay: The Classicizing Trends of the 1920s and their Beginnings in Pécs Tradition and Modernity in the Pécs Arts Society

[1920-1921]. A Bibliography). Pécs, 1978; Tibor Tüskés: Az avantgárd vonzásában. Egy évtized (1915-1925) Pécs művészeti életében (The Appeal of Avant-garde. A Decade [1915—1925] in the Arts Life of Pécs). Jelenkor, XX (1977/9), pp. 834-843. 18 Péter Lőrinc: Válságok és erjedések. Önéletrajz (Crises and Fermentations. An Autobiography). Novi Sad, 1962. 19 Tamás Aknai: Utak és rejtekutak. Fél évszázad Pécs képzőművészetében és építészetében (Vistas and Hidden Paths. Half a Century in the Art and Architecture of Pécs). Jelenkor, XL (1997/6), p. 622. An 1914 edict forbade the formation of new s ocieties in Pécs. 20 Utak Árkádiából Utópiába. Pécs-Belgrád-Firenze-Weimar. Egy fejezet a magyar avantgárd történetéből: A Pécsi Művészkör expresszionistái, 1915-1925 (Roads from Arcadia to Utopia. A Chapter in the History of Hungarian Avant-garde: The Expressionists of the Pécs Arts Society, 1915-1925.) A joint exhibition of the Janus Pannonius Museum, Pécs and the Hungarian National Gallery, September 2-October 19, 1997. Éva Bajkay: Expresszívek a Pécsi Művészkörből (Expressionists in the Pécs Arts Society). Jelenkor, XL (1997/9), pp. 835-847. 21 Timothy Benson (ed.): Central European Avant-Gardes : Exchange and Transformation 1910-1930. Los Angeles County Museum of Art-The MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachussetts, London. 22 It is symptomatic of the connections that the journal Kassák published in Vienna. MA featured Farkas Molnár's works. Later, in 1922-1924, they were reported on by the Hungarian Magyar írás. 23 Pécsi Napló, December 17, 1920. 24 Pécsi Napló, January 26, 1921. 25 Pécsi Napló, February 19, 1921. 26 Dunántúl, December 19, 1920, p. 5; Péter D. Dobrovics: Expresszionisták kiállítása Pécsett (Expressionists Exhibit in Pécs). Dunántúl, March 16, 1921, pp. 2-3. Pécsi Napló, March 5, 1921 (report). W. I.: Expresszionista vernissage (Expressionist Vernissage). Pécsi Napló, March 6, 1921. László Vidor: Expresszionista kiállítás (Expressionist Exhibition). Pécsi Napló, March 17, 1921. 27 József Pandúr: Gebauer Ernő, a templomfestő (Ernő Gebauer, Painter of Churches). Jelenkor, XL (1997:9), pp. 857-865. 28 Some of his nude drawings can be seen in the Modern Gallery of Janus Pannonius Museum, Pécs. Inv. No.: 67.16, 67.35, 67.92. 29 And was reviewed by Péter Dobrovics, who wrote: 'The hallmark of their works is the tectonic execution of objects and the connection of colours in a large synthetic scale'. P. D.: Képkiállítás a Nőegyletben. Johan Hugó és Stefan Henrik (Arts Exhibition at the Women s Society). Dunántúl, October 26, 1919. Ottó Szőnyi: Johan, Stefan. Dunántúl, October 31, 1919. Ottó Szőnyi: Johan és Stefán műterem kiállítása (The Studio Exhibition of Johan and Stefán). Dunántúl. December 19, 1920. 30 From a letter Hugó Johan posted from Rákosszentmihály, in September 1924. MTA MKI Archive, inv. no.: C-l. 10/533 3 1 Hugó Johan: Pécs Detail, ca. 1920, aquarelle on paper, 24x32 cm, private collection. House among Trees, ca. 1920, oil on carton, 24x29.7 cm, Hungarian National Gallery, inv. no.: 87.135. 32 D [Péter Dobrovics]: Expresszionisták kiállítása Pécsett (Expressionists'Exhibition in Pécs). Dunántúl, March 16, 1921, pp. 2-3. 33 Éva Bajkay: Johan Hugó. In: Magyar grafika külföldön. Németország 1919—1933 (Hungarian Graphics Abroad. Germany 1919-1933). Exhibition catalogue. Békéscsaba-Budapest 1989, pp. 54-56. Éva Bajkay: Stefán. In: Ibid., pp. 95-97. 34 We only know about them thanks to the contemporary press. Cf. Rezső Schuber: Képkiállítás (Exhibition). Krónika II. 1921. 6., p. 94. 35 Henrik Stefán: Samaritan, after 1920, oil on canvas, 110x96.5 cm, Hungarian National Gallery, inv. no.: 9716. For an analysis, cf. Zwickl 2001, p. 139. 36 Marcel Breuer: Pietà, 1920, linocut, 155x155 mm, Janus Pannonius Museum, inv. no.: 65.16; Farkas Molnár: Pietà, 1921, oil on canvas, 90x70 cm, private collection. 37 Molnár Farkas festő, grafikus, építész (Farkas Molnár: Painter, Graphic Artist, Architect). Exhibition catalogue. Kassák Museum, 1997, pp. 4-5. 38 From Gábor's letter to István Genthon, October 10, 1924. Anales de la Galerie Natonale Hongroise Archive, inv. no.: 5344/1954. 39 Two pieces from Weininger's New York estate are now kept in the Hungarian National Gallery: Karancs Yard, ca. 1915, tempera on paper, 419x524 mm, inv. no.: F 2003.20; and Karancs Yard, ca. 1915, tempera on paper, 410x309 mm, inv. no.: 2003.19. 40 Pécsi Napló, June 6, 1920. 41 In 1918 he was imprisoned for taking part in the Vienna mutiny. Upon his release, he became active in Serbian politics. In 1920 he exhibited in Zagreb with Cacinovic, and then alone in Eszék (Osijek), Belgrade and Újvidék (Novi Sad). In 1921 he sent works to the first international exhibition in Geneva, where Johan and Stefán made a successful appearance with their Pécs Landscape and Landscape in Baranva. 42 He made the earliest landscape to have survived in 1914, and the Mirror of the Woods and its sketchbook were created in 1918, in Pécs. 43 János Kodolányi: Süllyedő világ (Sinking World). Budapest, 1965, p. 579 44 Farkas Molnár: Firenzei levél (Florence Letter). Krónika II. April 1921, pp. 173-175. 45 Johan, ibid. (1924). 46 May 1996 catalogue of Polgár Gallery and Auctions House, ill. 168. Molnár Farkas: Archers (Power), ca. 1922, oil on canvas, 130x 105 cm, private collection. Earlier drawing versions are also in private collections. 47 Gerd Hatje: Das frühe Bauhaus und Johannes Itten. Bauhaus Archiv Berlin, 1994 48 Johan went on to Berlin to study glass painting. In April 1922 Molnár and Stefán chose to study sculpture, while Weininger took up, in the hope of future commissions, wall painting. Éva Bajkay: Magyarok a Bauhausban (Hungarians at the Bauhaus). In: Peter Weibel (ed.): A művészeten túl (Beyond Art). Exhibition catalogue. Budapest, Kortárs Művészeti Múzeum-Ludwig Múzeum, 1997, pp. 82-87. 49 Klaus Weber: Punkt Linie Fläche. Bauhaus Archiv Berlin, 1999.; Modernizmusok. Európai grafika 1900—1930 (Modernisms. Graphics in Europe, 1900-1930). Exhibition catalogue. Budapest, MNG - Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, 2004, pp. 292-293. 50 From a letter Farkas Molnár sent from Pécs on October 10, 1924, in response to István Genthon's query. MTA MKI Archive, inv. no.: C-I.-10/598 1-2. 51 Ottó Harcos: Gebauer Ernő. MS, Hungarian National Gallery Archives, inv. no.: 19283.2. József Pandúr, ibid.