Hajdu István: Gedő Ilka (1921–1985) festőművész kiállítása (A Magyar Nemzeti Galéria kiadványai 2004/3)

CHRONOLOGICAL REVIEW 1921 May 26, Ilka Gedő is born in Budapest. Her father, Simon Gedő was a secondary-school teacher, her mother, Elza Weiszkopf was a clerk. 1939 Attends the free school of Tibor Gallé in the autumn. 1939-1942 Taught by Viktor Erdei, a friend of the Gedő family. 1940 She begins to participate in the exhibitions of the OMIKE (National Hungarian Cultural Association of Jews) with her drawings. 1942-1943 Studies at the private school of István Örkényi Strasser. 1942 Participates at the exhibition entitled "Freedom and the People" at the Vasas Steelworkers' Union Headquarters organised by the Group of Socialist Artists. 1945 Registers in the Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts. She stops her studies after the first semester for family reasons. Attends the evening school of Gyula Pap drawing croquis. 1946 Marries Endre Bíró, a biochemist. 1947 Takes part in the Free National Exhibition of the Fővárosi tár (Municipal Gallery). On 26 September her first son, Daniel is born. 1950 Begins a long period in which she does not take part in Hungarian artistic life. 1953 On 19 February her second son, Dávid is born. 1962 She takes part in the jubilee exhibition of the Group of Socialist Artists. The Hungarian National Gallery acquires three of her drawings. 1965 The painter Endre Bálint selects her drawings made between 1945 and 1949 for a studio exhibition. 1968 Resumes artistic work. 1969-1970 Lives in Paris. The Galerie Lambert exhibits two of her paintings at a group exhibition. 1974 Becomes a member of the Hungarian Fund of Art (Fine Arts Section). 1980 The King St. Stephen Museum of Székesfehérvár, Hungary organises a retrospective show of her art. 1982 Exhibition of her recent work at the Gallery of Dorottya utca, Budapest. (The Hungarian National Gallery buys two of her oil paintings.) 1985 On 19 June she dies in Budapest. In June and July of the same year a one-woman show of her works is organised at the Müvésztelepi Galéria (Artist Colony Gallery) in Szentendre. Her paintings are exhibited at Glasgow's Compass Gallery as part of the Hungarian Arts Season. Articles appreciate her art in The Glasgow Herald, The Scotsman, The Financial Times, The Times, The Daily Telegraph, The Observer and The Guardian.