Veszprémi Nóra - Jávor Anna - Advisory - Szücs György szerk.: A Magyar Nemzeti Galéria Évkönyve 2005-2007. 25/10 (MNG Budapest 2008)

STUDIES - Ágnes FELFÖLDI: Béla Fónagy and the Belvedere Salon (1921-24)

Pesti Könyvnyomda Rt., 1913. The booklet is accessible at the Metropolitan Ervin Szabó Library. Apart from the exhibition on public health, the museum organized the first National Children Studies Congress between March 17 and 18, 1913. 20 Hereby, we wish to thank the Győr Archive for rendering its rich material of records available. For reasons of space, these cannot now be dwelled on. 21 György Lukács (1865-1950) earned his doctorate in law at the University of Budapest. He supported public registration, founded public orphanages and the Gyula Hospital. He was also a devoted participant in the struggle against tuberculosis and alcoholism, as well as the president of the National Association of Fine Artists. In Parliament, he spoke up several times for the repeal of the Numerus Clausus. He was also a leader of the Revisionary League. The representative catalogue is accessible at the Metropolitan Ervin Szabó Library. 22 Bálint, Aladár. "Hadegészségügyi kiállítás." In: Nyugat, 1915, no. 8, p. 461. 23 Fónagy, Béla. "Művészet a had- és népegészségügyi Kiállításon." In: Művészet 14.6 (1915) pp. 245-254. 24 In 1914, the ruler established the Officer's Badge of Honour of the Red Cross to commemorate the 60

th anniversary of the foundation of the International Red Cross. 25 Első világháborús tiszti kitüntetési javaslatok (Recommendations for decorating officers in World War I). Archive of Military History, Budapest, no. 26587. 26 See the articles in: Népszava, March 1918 issues, and April 14, 1918, p. 9; Világ, April 19, 1919. pp. 5-6. 27 Unfortunately, we have found no written document on or reference to the reasons why his employment was terminated. 28 "Az OMIKE Egyesületi tisztikara." In: Múlt és Jövő, December 2, 1921, p. 13. 29 For the history of the OMIKE see: Horák, Magda. Osi hittel, becsülettel a hazáért! OMIKE 1909-1944. Budapest: Háttér Kiadó, 1998. 30 Egyenlőség, March 30, 1929, p. 17. 31 Dr. Gortvay, György. "A budapesti Nemzetközi Embervédelmi Kiállítás." In: Népegészségügy, May-August, 1926, pp. 737-744; Melly, József. '"Az ember' nemzetközi embervédelmi kiállítás." In: Gyógyászat, June 27, 1926, pp. 624625. 32 A type-written biography signed by the hand of Károly Lyka, undated. National Széchényi Library, Manuscript Collection, Károly Lyka's fond: Fond/65. 33 "Meghalt Fónagy Béla." In: Népszava, July 27, 1935, p. 4. 34 "Halálozás." Pesti Napló, July 27, 1935, p. 11. 35 No paper, document, licence, correspondence on the operation of the Belvedere Salon Art Share Company can be found either in the National Archives or the Budapest Municipal Archives. The identification of the exhibits concerned involved the comparison of museum and collection inventories, period press releases and reproductions, as well as the of exhibition catalogues. Ferenc Csaplár, the former director of the Kassák Museum, has kindly affirmed by way of personal communication that he had never come across any written proof of a direct relation between Béla Fónagy and Lajos Kassák. The MA had arranged a number of representative exhibitions of the work of János Kmetty, Rudolf Diener-Dénes and others, who would later present their work at the Belvedere. 36 Gyula Murányi: Cleopatra, c. 1913, bronze, height: 35 cm, HNG inv. no.: 63.23-N; József Pécsi, 1918, wrought silver plaque, signed right centre: Murányi 918, inscription left: Pécsi József 1918, HNG inv. no.: 56.1560-P. The latter was reproduced in: Fónagy, Béla. "A Szépművészeti Múzeum érem- és plakettgyűjteménye." In: Magyar Művészet, 1929, no. 1, p. 29. Murányi and Fónagy had probably known each other earlier because the publication of the Museum of Society entitled Az állam jelenlegi feladatai az alkoholellenes küzdelemben has a plaque by Murányi on its cover: a naked man bearing a torch. 37 "(Murányi Gyula a fiatal éremszobrászokért)." In: A Mübarát, 1921, no. 4, p. 85. 38 Aladár Körösfői-Kriesch: All Souls' Day (All Souls' Eve), 1910, oil on canvas, 51,5x72,5 cm, signed below left: KA 910, HNG inv. no.: FK 2255; Spring Mood, oil on canvas, 45x41,5 cm, unsigned, HNG inv. no.: FK 5905. 39 Between May 25 and October 24 2004, the HNG arranged an exhibition entitled "Revelation" - Imre Szobotka

's Cubist Period 1912-1922, presenting the Claude] illustrations recently acquired from the family. The exhibition was organized by Ferenc Zsákovics, who provided me with great help in my research. I wish to thank him for his useful advice. 40 lmre Szobotka: Reclining Female Nude, 1921, oil on cardboard, 131x100 cm, signed below left: Szobotka I. 921, HNG inv. no.: 59.27 T. 41 lmre Szobotka: Doubled Self-Portrait, 1920, oil on canvassed cardboard, 67x54,5 cm, signed below right.: Szobotka I. (formerly in the collection of Iván Dévényi); At the Piano (Elderly Woman at the Piano), 1920, oil on canvas, 88

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70 cm, signed below left: Szobotka; Evening in Buda (Night), 1921, oil on canvas, 90*68 cm, signed below left: 21 Szobotka I. 42 Lajos Zombory: Ploughing (Ploughing with Oxen), oil on canvas, 49

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80 cm, signed below right: Zombory L. János Damjanich Museum, Szolnok, inv. no.: 73.6. Reproduced in: Polányi, Géza. "Zombory Lajos műtermében." In: Elet, January 22, 1922, p. 35. 43 János Kmetty: Ascension, 1913, oil on papered wood board, 76x60 cm, signed below left: Kmetty, private collection. 44 Géza Csorba: Endre Ady. Statue design, plaster model, plinth: 16

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23 cm, height: 38 cm, private collection. Reproduced in: A Mübarát, 1922, nos. 6-8, pp. 152; Sári Petráss, 1921, plaster, 59 cm, HNG inv. no.: 75.48-N; Homer, c. 1921, patinated plaster, 47,5 cm, HNG inv. no.: 71.14-N; My Mother, 1921, marble, 52,3 cm, HNG inv. no.: 6314; Self-Portrait, 1919, pencil on paper, 200

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200 mm, signed below right: Csorba 1919, HNG inv. no.: 1922-893 (donation from the Belvedere Salon in 1922); Sleeping Woman, 1920, pencil on paper, 288x226 mm, signed below right: Csorba 1920, HNG inv. no: 1922-892 (purchased from the artist in 1922). 45 Károly Patkó: Adam and Eve, 1920, oil on canvas. 128x ] 13 cm, signed above right: Patkó, private collection. For the exhibition referred to see the catalogue: Zwickl, András ed. Árkádia tájain. Szőnyi István és köre 1918-1928 / In the Land of Arcadia. István Szőnyi and His Circle 1918-1928. Budapest: MNG, 2001; the paintings mentioned are cat. nos. 9, 10, 17, and 31. 46 See Kun, Gabriella and Dr. Zoltán Gálig. Schönbauer Henrik (1894-1973) kőszegi születésű szobrászművész élete és művészete. Kőszeg: Városi Múzeum, 1995; Gálig, Zoltán. "Schönbauer Henrik művészete." In: Vasi Szemle, 1997, no. 1, pp. 65-73. 47 Henrik Schönbauer: The Stone Roller, 1919, bronze, 26x46,5 cm, signed at the back: Schönbauer H Bpest VIII. 1919 Önt. [cast by] Szili, HNG inv. no.: 85.26N. Reproduced in: Magyar Iras, April 1922, p. 81; Elek, Artúr. "Schönbauer Henrik." In: Ars Una, November 1923, p. 46. 48 "Bornemisza Géza gyűjteményes kiállítását..." Mübarát, 1922, no. 3, p. 70. 49 Géza Bornemisza: Street in Fehérgyarmat, 1914, watercolour and pencil, 182x283 mm, signed below right: Bornemisza Géza 914, HNG inv. no.: 1922905 (purchased from the Belvedere Art Co. in 1922); Still Life with a Sculpture, 1924, oil on canvas, 78x62,5 cm, signed below right: Bornemisza Géza 1924, HNG inv. no.: 6313 (purchased from the artist in 1929). The majority of his works were destroyed during World War II. 50 1 hereby express my gratitude to Kálmán Makláry for advising me on the Paris life of Zsigmond Walleshausen. On his role in Blattner's theatre, see: Tóth, Gábor Sándor. Sándor A. Tóth peintre, marionniste à Montparnasse. Paris: L'Harmattan and Budapest: Püski, 2001. 51 Gádor, István. "Pályám emlékezete." In: Herczeg, Ibolya ed.: Gádor István. Budapest: Corvina, 1979. p. 13; [István Gádor's autobiography] In: Csiffáry, Gabriella ed. Születtem... Magvar képzőművészek önéletrajzai. Budapest: Palatínus, 2002, pp. 568. 52 See Hárs, Éva. "Gádor István müvei a Janus Pannonius Múzeumban. Gyűjteményismertetés." In: A Janus Pannonius Múzeum Evkönyve, no. 9 (1974), Pécs, 1977, pp. 289-313. 53 Hevesy, Iván. Kádár Béla. Budapest: Amicus, 1922. For the fullest account of the artist see: Gergely, Mariann. A Melancholy Journey. Béla Kádár (18771956). Budapest: Mü-Terem Galéria, 2002. 54 Sümegi, György. "Kádár Béla Sturm-korszaka." In: Belvedere, 1990, no. 4, pp. 8-10. 55 Károly Cser: Pain, marble, 36 cm, HNG inv. no.. 56.155-N; Dancers, ceramic, 39 cm, HNG inv. no.: 4584, Dancer (Woman Dancing), bronze, 27 cm, HNG inv. no.: 60.10-N. On his art see: Cser, István and Ákos Belloni: Cser Károly szobrászművész kiállítása. Dunapataj, 1999; N. P. É. [N. Pénzes Éva]. "Cser Károly" In: Művészet, 1965, no. 8, p. 48. 56 "A Belvederében Beer Károly Richárd." In: Világ, May 28, 1922, p. 18. 57 In February 1914, he had a one-man show at the Galerie Berthe Weill in Paris. On his art see: Cserba, Júlia, Csaba Kopeczky, Kálmán Makláry and Krisztina Passuth. Alfred Reth 1884-1966. A kubizmustól az absztrakcióig. Budapest: Makláry Artworks, 2003. For an article in the period see: Káldor, László. "Réth Alfréd (Belvedere)." In: Új Kultúra, 1922 [no date], p. 251. 58 Gyula Derkovits: The Last Supper, 1922, oil on canvas, 150x145 cm, signed below left: Derkovits Gy, HNG inv. no.: 54.326; The Shepherd, 1922, oil on canvas, 120x85 cm, signed below left: Derkovits Gy 1922, HNG inv. no.: 67.27 T; Under a Great Tree (Autumn), 1922, oil on canvas, 125x 120,5 cm, signed below right: Derkovits Gy 1922, HNG inv. no.: 58.47 T. 59 On his copper-plate engravings see: Fónagy, Béla. "Derkovits Gyula rézkarcai." In: Nyugat, 1928, no. 6, p. 474. Preparations for a major Derkovits retrospective at the HNG are under way. 60 József Egry: Reeders, pencil on paper, 316x448 mm, signed below right: Egry József Keszthely, HNG inv. no.: 1923-1008.