Tátrai Vilmos szerk.: A Szépművészeti Múzeum közleményei 92-93.(Budapest, 2000)

The Museum of Fine Arts in 1999

Alteregos of Masterpieces: Old Plaster Casts 24 June, 1999 - 30 April, 2000, Marble Hall Exhibition by János Eisler At the end of World War II, the collection of monumental plaster casts of statues purchased during and soon after the construction of the museum building was taken off exhibition. By now, their existence has largely been forgotten by not only the general public but, to some extent, even by art historians themselves. The several hundred casts which remain of this still very significant collection are at present stored, mostly dismantled into pieces, in the Romanesque Hall that is awaiting renovation. The display of approximately sixty plaster casts at this exhibition entitled Alteregos of Masterpieces has directed attention to this collection, valuable despite its damaged condition, especially to the necessity of placing it in the focus of scholarly research (fig. 84). It has shred some light also on their documentary value for the history of the Museum. At the time of the design and construction of the interior of the museum building, these large plaster casts of Antique, Medieval and Renaissance sculpture commissioned during the construction works, were taken into consideration, as a large coloured photograph that records the decorative design of the Marble Hall attests. The Constructivist Works of László Péri, 1920-24 17 September - 28 November, Majovszky Room Exhibition by Ferenc Tóth The exhibition on the Constructivist phase of László Péri's artistic activity was prepared in collaboration with the Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts. The displayed sculpture and graphic works of Péri were lent by German collections. Philipp Melanchthon, Briefe für Europa 23 September - 31 October, Room 33 The Museum hosted a travelling exhibition organised jointly by the Hungarian Ministry of National Cultural Heritage and the State Government of BadenWürttemberg. The exhibition, showed also in Debrecen and Eperjes/Presov, was coordinated by the staffs of the Scientific Collections of the Hungarian Lutheran Church and of the National Lutheran Museum and Archives. Gothic Statues From November 10, Doric Pyramid Exhibition by Mária Verő The nearly seventy Gothic statues from the Department of Sculpture are displayed in this exhibition as a representative selection of the collection that has been in storage for two decades and thus inaccessible to the public. Many of the exhibited pieces have