Dr. Kubassek János (szerk.): Földrajzi Múzeumi Tanulmányok 15. (Magyar Földrajzi Múzeum; Érd, 2006)

KÖZLEMÉNYEK - Dr. Lázár Imre: Festőecsettel a világ körül

BINCSIK MÓNIKA (1997): Álomjárók Indiában. Sass Brunner Erzsébet és Brunner Erzsébet kiállítása. Katalógus. Nagykanizsa, Képzőművészetek Háza PROF. N. R. SHETTY, PROF. P. N. MAGO, GÉZA BETHLENFALVY (2000): Dreams and Visions. An Exhibition of Paintings by Elizabeth Sass Brunner and Elizabeth Brunner. Catalogue. Biographical Reminiscences 1930-1938 by Elizabeth Brunner. New Delhi

DR IMRE LAZAR (2006): Light Breaking Through. Elizabeth Brunner Memorial Exhibition. Catalogue. New Delhi

AROUND THE WORLD WITH PAINTBRUSH

by Dr. Imre Lázár

Broken in her soul during World War I, the painter Erzsébet Sass-Brunner felt she needed a change of weather to fulfil her artistic ideas. After a long wandering

she settled in India with her daughter, who followed her as a shadow. For two years they were the guests of Rabindranath Tagore in Bengal. Having gathered strength in Santiniketan, years of almost uninterrupted travelling followed. They visited most of the holy pilgrimage sites of the subcontinent and travelled to Japan in 1935 and then to America and the next year to Europe. After a short stay in Hungary they returned to India. Meanwhile World War II broek out and in 1942 the Brunners, citizens of an hostile country were interned to be released from there in 1944. The sight of the Himalaya was such a decisive impression that they remained in India until the death of Erzsébet Sass-Brunner. In the art of Erzsébet Sass-Brunner and her daughter, Erzsébet Brunner, the European approach blended with the ancient culture of India into a synthesis. Therefore, both Hungary and India reserve for them a prominent place in the history of 20th-century art.

Translated by Dr. Dénes Lóczy

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Brunner Erzsébet: Anyám (1930.) Szantinikétan