Fraternity-Testvériség, 1964 (42. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1964-02-01 / 2. szám
10 FRATERNITY One of the most remarkable characteristics of Finta’s statues is the reproduction of the color of hair and eyes, using light and shade effects. He was also a genius at instilling life into his portraits and in bringing out the spiritual characteristics of his subjects. During his confinement in a field hospital during World War I, one of his nurses, Countess Zedwits, asked Finta to model her. After the bust was completed, her husband told the artist that in all his years of married life, he had never realized that the Countess possessed all of the fine traits which Finta was able to express. In all his works, Finta sought to fulfill the mission of an artist — to give people love, peace and spiritual enjoyment. Pain and sorrow are unavoidable in life. It is the task of the artist, he said, to make life more tolerable, more beautiful and noble. Finta was one of those great artists, who, by the fineness of their souls, are able to grasp the beauties of nature and reproduce them for the benefit of mankind and for the further advancement of human culture. The Greek masters, the great artists of the Renaissance, Rodin, Hildebrand, and Finta in modern sculpture, each kindled a flame on the altar of culture, a flame that can warm the heart of humanity, longing for warmth and love, a flame that can destroy selfishness, profligacy and degenerateness, and help to create for future generations an atmosphere of greater and nobler idealism. (The End)
