Vezető a Déri Múzeum kiállításaihoz (Debrecen, 1978)

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király bemutatja Mátyásnak a magyar főurak küldöttségét (1873) (fig. 19.). In Paris he belonged to the friendly circle of Theophile Gautier, Victor Hugo and others. On returning home he became disappointed because of the malicious criticism having a political touch and retired. Jankó, János (1833—1896) was also a historical painter. His works are: Csokonai in a Wedding Party (Csokonai lakodalomban) (fig. 20.), Wedding Party in a Village (Falusi lakodalmi ünnepség) (1854). Lotz, Károly (1833—1904), the celebrated master of portraiture, studied in Wien. Some of his popular paintings are the following: The Portrait of Lotz Kornélia, The Bailiff Goes For a Ride, (A tiszttartó kikocsizik), A Herd of Oxen Alongside The River Tisza (ökörcsorda a Tisza mentén) (1868) (fig. 21.), Meeting in the „Puszta" (Pusztai találkozás). The largest hall of the museum is air-conditioned. One of the two artists exhibited here is Székely, Bertalan (1835—1910). After the failure of the war of independence in 1848—49 he encouraged the hopeless Hungarian society by holding our historical heroes up as an example. An artistic product of his intention is a painting full of life, entitled The Running Out of Zrínyi (Zrínyi kirohanása) (fig. 22.). This is one of his masterpieces. A more simple sketch spiced with emotional elements is entitled: Patronál Festival (Búcsú). A great realistic artist of European painting in the 19th century is Munkácsy, Mihály (1844—1900). Here can be seen some of his paintings which are the own properties of the museum. Namely: The Mourning Outlaw (Búsuló betyár) (1865), Portrait of a Woman, Golgotha, Self-Portrait (1873), and Ecce homo (1896). The deposits of the Hungarian National Gallery are: Two Families (Két család) (1877), A Lady Sitting Under a Mirror (1882) (Tükör alatt ülő hölgy), The Heroe of the Village (Falu hőse) (1882), On the Way Home (Hazafele (1882) and The Mourning Outlaw (Búsuló betyár) (1893). His best known painting is Ecce homo (fig. 23.), on which more than sixty figures can be seen (26 m

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). The founder of the museum bought this painting from the collection of John Wanemaker in Philadelphia in 1916. The best works of this world-famous artist of dramatic fate were influential on more wellknown national and foreign artists. A true interpreter of the home landscape is Mészöly, Géza (1844—1887). A worthy painting of his oeuvre is ahe one entitled: An Autumn Swampy Landscape (őszi lápos táj) (fig. 24.). A significant figure of the academic historical painting is Benczúr, Gyula (1844—1920). He studied in the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, of which later he became a teacher. His painting entitled The Passing of the Clown from the Carnival to Ash-Wednesday (A farsangoló bohóc átmenete a hamvazó szerdára) (fig. 25.) comes from the last period of his life. Pállik, Béla's (1845—1908) painting: Starvelings shows well his talent to present animals. Coming from Transylvania, Paál, László (1846—1879) went to study to Wien, then he lived in France. He settled down in Barbison. He is the first of our artists who became a partaker of the significant experiment of European painting there. His paintings here are: Landscape (Tájkép) (fig. 26.) and Forest-path (Erdei út). Pataky, László (1857—1912) presented the life of the common people. He is a pupil of Munkácsy, whose influence can 417