Czére Andrea szerk.: A Szépművészeti Múzeum közleményei 105. (Budapest, 2006)

ANNUAL REPORT - A 2006. ÉV - GÁBOR ÉBLI: An Erudite Cosmopolitan

Böcklin, Franz von Stuck and Oskar Kokoschka, while the chronological line was completed by the works of Josef Albers and Ilya Kabakow. The volume is introduced by Dr. Andrea Czére's essay, which in addition to highlighting how the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts came into being also places special emphasis on the last fifty years. It is fair to say that such a long summary of the history of the Museum of Fine Arts has not been written since the festive volume published in 1956. All of this is compli­mented by a chronology of the museum's history, marking the most important events. As the volume came out on the occasion of the Museum of Fine Arts' centenary the exhibitions of the anniversary were accorded special attention. An extended bibliography of ten pages helps the more serious reader to become better informed. In 2006 Johanna Bárd, the graphic designer of the album, received the "Beautiful Hungarian Book" award from the Ministry of Education and Culture. In the Typographia competition of 2007 Stádium Nyomda were awarded the golden prize by the Federation of Hungarian Printers and Paper Makers for the beautiful workmanship of the album. Zoltán Kárpáti NOTE 1 Bulletin du Musée Hongrois des Beaux-Arts no. 100 (2004), 7, 147. AN ERUDITE COSMOPOLITAN ORSOLYA RADVÁNYI, TÉREY GÁBOR (1864-1927): EGY KONZERVATÍV ÚJÍTÓ A SZÉPMŰVÉSZETI MÚZEUMBAN IGA BOR TÉREY (1864-1927): A CONSERVATIVE REFORMER IN 1 HE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BUDAPEST). A VOLUME OF STUDIES ACCOM­PANYING THE EXHIBITION ENTITLED "THE FIRST H EY DAY OF THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS. BUDAPEST-GABOR TÉREY MEMORIAL EXHIBITION", BUDAPFST. MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS. 2006. 436 PP. ISBN 10 963 7063 39 0 "Professor Térey was a highly and roundly educated man ... he had a deep sense for under­standing the spiritual and especially artistic development of humankind. In addition to his national patriotism, he w r as also a 'cosmopolitan' in the modern sense of the word." These were

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