Vezető a Déri Múzeum kiállításaihoz (Debrecen, 1978)

English Summary

Joseph II. One of the German masters in the 18th century is Jan Kupezky (1667—1740), who is of Czech origin. His paintings are the following: A Kurutz Leader (Kuruc vezér) (fig. 11.), Portrait of an Architect (Építész arcképe), The Portrait of Many oki Adam, Self-portrait (önarckép). His pupil was Bernhardt Vogel (18th c.) by whom we have 78 drawings. On all of his sheets a Kupezky painting can be seen. The master of some great Hungarian artists is Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller (1793—1865). A painting from his younger years is: Still Life (Csendélet), 1828 (fig. 12.). An outstanding Hungarian representative of Baroque style in painting is Mányoki, Ádám (1673—1757). His painting's title is: A Polish Man (Lengyel férfi). The painting of an unknown painter from the 18th century: The Portrait of Magyar Balázs. Donát, János's (1744—1830) painting (fig. 14.) entitled Portrait of a Man (Férfiarckép) (1816) bears marks of Classicism. Rombauer, János (1782—1849) from Eperjes was the painter of the Russian aristocrats. His painting is: Portrait of a Man (1846). One of our most famous landscape painters, who settled down near Florence, is Marka, Károly, the Elder (1791—1860). His neoclassic painting is: Ideal Italian Landscape (Eszményi olasz tájkép), 1850 (fig. 15.). One of the pioneers of our historical painting is Kiss, Bálint (1802—1868). His works are the following: Zrinyi Miklós, the Military Leader (Zrínyi Miklós a hadvezér) and Somogyi, János. Dosnyai, Károly (1813—1850), the painter and sculptor, studied in Wien. His work, requiring little attention is entitled: Old Lady Holding A PrayerBook (Imakönyvet tartó öreg hölgy). The best-known national representative of the Biedermeier style is Barabás, Miklós (1810—1898). Three out of eight of the creative artist's paintings can be seen here: The Portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Konkolyi (1837), The Portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Mattá János (fig. 16.) and The Portrait of Deutsch Sámuel. He is one of the discoverers of the lowland landscape. One of Kovács, Mihály's (1818—1893) historical painting is: Botond (1857). A talented painter of the Hungarian civilian romanticism is Boros, József (1821—1883). His paintings are: Countess Almássy (1852) and Portrait of a Man (Férfiarcképmás) (fig. 17.). Molnár, József's (1821—1899) painting entitled Woodland Rocky Scenery (1883) (Erdős sziklás táj) and Ligeti, Antal's (1823—1890) Scenery of the Castle of Ostia (Ostia várának látképe) (painting) and his Trunk (Fatörzs) (study) are romantical works. Mezey, Lajos (1820—1880) was the first master of one of our great artists. His painting is: Portrait of a Lady (1848). The creator of the frescoes of our large public buildings is Than, Mór (1828—1899). His displayed painting is: Portrait of Báró Miklós (1869). Telepy, Károly (1828—1906) is the romantical interpretor of the homeland: The Shore Near Almádi (Almádi part) (fig. 18.). A passionate personality of our historical painting is Madarász, Viktor (1830— 1917). He is one of those who chose Paris instead of Munich after Waldmüller's Vienesse school. He lived in Paris for 14 years. He is the first among our artists who won the big French state gold medal in 1861 for his historical painting of Hungarian theme. Beside his Portrait of a Woman there is a sketch of historical theme: Podjebrád, King of Bohemia Introduces the Delegation of the Hungarian Noblemen to King Matthias (Podjebrád, cseh 416