Szilágyi András (szerk.): Ars Decorativa 28. (Budapest, 2012)

Ildikó PANDUR: Links between the Oeuvres of Ödön Lechner and Gyula Jungfer

NOTES 1 See Lyka, Károly: 'A magyar iparművészet karácsonya' [The Christmas of Hungarian decorative arts]. Magyar Iparművészet 1897/1898, 145-162, 157-160, 158. Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest (hereinafter: MAA) inv. no. 65.433. A slightly different drawing from the manufactured piece, see MAA Archive, KRTF 6812. 2 Its drawing was found among the Jungfer documents (see MAA Archive, sign.: KRTF 6655), on the basis of which the Kandeláber company produced it. The candelabra seen at the main entrance in archive photos have perished. See Schroll, Anton: Budapest új épületei. Homlokzatok, részletek, kapuk, előcsarnokok és udvarok [New buildings in Budapest. Facades, details, gates, entrance halls and courtyards]. Vol. II. Vienna, n.d. [1904]. Published, among others: Nemes, Márta: 'Lechner Ödön Iparművészeti Múzeuma.' In: Tanulmányok Budapest Múltjából XXIV, 1991 (hereinafter: Nemes 1991), fig. 14; Ács, Piroska: Az Iparművészeti Múzeum építéstörténete a kordokumentumok tükrében [History of the construction of the Museum of Applied Arts, as reflected in contemporary documents]. Budapest, 1996 (hereinafter: Ács 1996), 54. 3 I herewith thank Péter Rostás for directing my attention to the Jungfer-related documents here. I also thank the employees of the Archive Mrs Sándor Dörögdi and Balázs Szőke for their kind help. 4 Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest (hereinafter: MF A) Archive, sign.: 36/1892. Excerpt from K. Pulszky's letter of 28 February 1892 to the minister: "For the acquisition of the necessary display cabinets for the National Picture Gallery, 2000 florins have been allocated among the transitional expenses of the budget. I asked architect Ödön Lechner to design these cabinets. The named architect complied with my request and now the case is in the phase of estimating the costs of the execution." 5 Rózsa, György: 'Százéves a Történelmi Képcsarnok.' [One Hundred Years of the Historical Portrait Gallery]. Folia Historica 12, 1984, 173-183 (hereinafter: Rózsa 1984), 174; Szívós, Erika: Kétes hivatások - a képzőművész-szakmák professzionalizációja a dualizmuskori Magyarországon [Dubious occupations Professionalization of artistic occupations in Hungary in the age of dualism]. PhD dissertation at the Doctoral School of History, University of Debrecen (History Program), 2002, 78-79. 6 MFA Archive, sign.: 37/1892. The more expensive variant for 240 florins is adorned with polished brass ornaments, the cheaper one for 180 florins is blackened, with embossed copper ornaments. 7 MFA Archive, 50/1893. 8 I thank Zsolt Somogyi for calling my attention to the preparatory drawing. Sign.: KRTF 6862. In the museum archive a blueprint of 1:1 scale (c. 130 x 250 cm) was also found among the Jungfer documents, sign.: KRTF 6984. 9 A similar motif appears e.g. on the facade of the Milkó house in Szeged (1882-1883). Its archive photo preserved at the Hungarian Architectural Museum in: Gerle, János (ed.): Az építészet mesterei. Lechner Ödön [Masters of architecture. Ödön Lechner]. Budapest, 2003, 97, photo on the right. 10 On the history of the National Picture Gallery in more detail, see: Szabó, Júlia: 'A Magyar Tudományos Akadémia és a művészetek a 19. században' [The Hungarian Academy of Sciences and the Arts in the 19th Century] (hereinafter: Szabó 2004). In: Papp, Gábor György - András, Edit (eds.): A Magyar Tudományos Akadémia képzőművészeti kincsei. [Art Treasures of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences]. Budapest, 2004, 15-30 (hereinafter: Cat. Budapest 2004); Sinkó, Katalin: 'Nemzeti Képtár. „Emlékezet és történelem között'". A Magyar Nemzeti Múzeum Evkönyve [Yearbook of the Hungarian National Musuem]. Budapest, 2009 (hereinafter: Sinkó 2009). 11 Divald, Kornél: A Magyar Tudományos Akadémia palotája és gyűjteményei [The building and 104